TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract To examine the EU ‘Short Sea Shipping’ (SSS), its ‘motorways of the sea (MoS)’ and green ports, within short sea maritime logistics.To present past research and report recent developments speculating on future trends.The dominance of SSS over road is questioned; as road transport has expanded, hubs are expected to become larger and fewer with feeders. Road transport is not certain to follow SSS and its four motorways. This result was responsible for the relocation of industry from West to East and North–East inter-port competition.The SSS ship size and port are undefined; specific data on these concepts are unavailable.‘Door-to-door’ services are highly sought after in this sector, but difficult to establish.The green element introduced here, mainly for ports, will dominate future discussions because of the high importance given to climate change.This chapter outlines for the first time the development of the policy on EU Eco-ports, the relocation of industry, the West–East port competition, the MoS and the long-term deterioration of SSS logistics which is likely to persist in the future.
SN  - 978-1-78052-340-8, 978-1-78-052341-5/
DO  - 10.1108/9781780523415-013
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/9781780523415-013
AU  - Goulielmos Alexandros M.
AU  - Lun Venus Y. H.
AU  - Lai Kee-Hung
ED  - Dong-Wook Song
ED  - Photis M. Panayides
PY  - 2012
Y1  - 2012/01/01
TI  - Maritime Logistics in EU Green Ports and Short Sea Shipping
T2  - Maritime Logistics
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 245
EP  - 262
Y2  - 2024/04/20
ER  -