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Challenges to implementing motorways of the sea concept—lessons from the past

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  • Deepak Baindur
  • José Viegas

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Establishing a European wide high-quality shipping links and integrating them with the trans-European Transport networks has been the vision of the European Commission (EC) to reduce land transport congestion under the Motorways of the Sea (MoS) concept. However, in spite of strong political backing and favourable policy initiatives, MoS projects have met with limited success. Establishing MoS is complex because of its international scope and involvement of a number of public and private stakeholders with conflicting objectives and goals. The paper attempts to identify critical factors for establishing viable MoS projects. The paper reviews the development of the MoS concept to understand the expectations of the EC and the concerns of the important stakeholders. The present status of these policy actions is reviewed and their possible effect on the performance of MoS projects is estimated. Case studies of short sea shipping initiatives in different parts of Europe and the world are reviewed to learn from their successes and failures. This knowledge is applied to find critical factors for the success of MoS projects in the European context.

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  • Deepak Baindur & José Viegas, 2011. "Challenges to implementing motorways of the sea concept—lessons from the past," Maritime Policy & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(7), pages 673-690, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:marpmg:v:38:y:2011:i:7:p:673-690
    DOI: 10.1080/03088839.2011.625990
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    1. Miguel Ángel López-Navarro, 2014. "Environmental Factors and Intermodal Freight Transportation: Analysis of the Decision Bases in the Case of Spanish Motorways of the Sea," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 6(3), pages 1-23, March.
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    8. José F. Baños & Luis Valdés & Eduardo Valle & Emma Zapico, 2018. "Economic importance of the motorways of the sea for tourism: The experience of the route Nantes–Gijón," Maritime Economics & Logistics, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), vol. 20(2), pages 300-320, June.
    9. Gertjan van den Bos & Bart Wiegmans, 2018. "Short sea shipping: a statistical analysis of influencing factors on SSS in European countries," Journal of Shipping and Trade, Springer, vol. 3(1), pages 1-20, December.

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