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INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH IN BUSINESS
JANURAY 2011
VOL 2, NO 9
Short-sea shipping has strong positions in feeders from and to the bigger container ports like
Rotterdam, Antwerp, Felixstowe and Hamburg (Leinbach and Capineri, 2007).
However, according to Ecmt (2002), it is difficult to estimate the share of combined transport
in short-sea shipping, it must be increasing with the use of containers, which are now
beginning to be used for ―Break-bulk‖ consignments. For example, as an indication, short-sea
shipping accounts for 38% of the business of European ports. Obviously, the smaller the port
the proportionately greater share of short-sea shipping. In Belgium, SSS accounts for 40% of
Antwerp‘s traffic, 38% of Ghent‘s (quite specialized), 60% of Zeebrugge‘s and 100%
Ostend‘s.
Short-sea
Shipping
Rail
Inland
Shipping
Pre/end haulage of
Maritime
Strong position in feeders from/to bigger ports
Strong position on North-South axis (especially across
Alps) and domestic, especially in bigger countries
Strong position in Rhine delta Antwerp-Rotterdam
Intra-EU transport
Continental load units and RoRo on Channel,
Mediterranean, Baltic
Domestic (for example, in Germany, France, Italy)
and Alp-crossing swap-bodies, RoRo and trailers
Negligible (some RoRo on Danube)
Table 2: Existing Intermodal Markets in Europe
Source: Bogers and Henstra (2003) as Cited By Leinbach and Capineri (2007)
2.2 Growth in Short-Sea Shipping in Europe
At the EU-27 level, road transport increased by 42.1% in 1995 to 45.6% in 2006. The growth in rail transport
was only 12.6% in the same period and therefore this mode saw its stake reduced from 12.6% in 1995 to 10.5%
in 2006. Pipeline plays a little role because of market share of almost 3%. Short-sea shipping carries 37.3% of
goods traffic with the EU-27 and noticed an average annual growth of 2.7% during last decade.
1995-06
2005-06
Road Railway Inland waters Pipelines Short Sea Shipping Air Total
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Table 3: Average Annual Growth (in %) in the freight transport of the EU-27
Source: Leinbach and Capineri (2007)
Graph 1: Freight Transport Growth within the EU-15 (Billion Tone-km)
Source: European Commission (2004) as Cited By Leinbach and Capineri (2007)
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