Competitiveness of Short Sea Shipping

Analysis of the competitiveness of European Short Sea Shipping compared to road and rail transport

In this project TML and NECL analyse the market position of Short Sea Shipping (SSS) and assess both quantitatively and qualitatively the impact on its competitiveness for various future scenarios. This enables policy makers to mitigate adverse effects with additional measures, backed by scientific analysis.

The scenarios include economic growth projections, as well as likely evolutions in other transport modes. Then, the market position of SSS will be analysed in relation to the relevant factors.
This allows for the identification of the routes most vulnerable to modal shift.
With the market definition in place, the eventual impact of the new regulations aiming to reduce air pollution from ships, can be assessed.

By obtaining an insight in the cost structure of SSS and competing modes, the effect of relative cost changes is determined by feeding this into a model, to be developed as part of this project.

The outcome of this study will be threefold:

• A quantitative assessment of the likely evolution of the relative competitive situation of SSS and road/rail transport, based on the modelling exercise.
• A qualitative assessment of the likely evolution of the relative competitive situation of SSS and road/rail transport.
• An assessment of the potential impact on European imports and exports.

presentations

input meeting February 26, 2010

• Presentation on project context by Hans Meijer (DG ENV)
• Presentation on project methodology by Tim Breemersch (TML)
• Presentation on data collection by James Kehoe (NECL)

reports

No report available yet

period

2009 - 2010

funded by

European Commission, DG ENV

researchers

Tim Breemersch

contact

Tim Breemersch

+32 16 74.51.23