Inland barge services and container transport: the case of the ports of Le Havre and Marseille in the European context

Posted on March 1, 2009 by Matthieu Desiderio

Ports that are able to offer scale economies on land by using combined transport gain a competitive advantage in their port range. The recent rapid expansion of combined waterway-road services at French ports, Le Havre and Marseille, led us to carry out a theoretical and empirical analysis of the causes and conditions that underlie this development. In order to more clearly understand the dynamics of the French situation, attention has been broadened to include other competing European ports, Antwerp and Rotterdam. The four stage theoretical model highlights the interdependence between the setting up of combined waterway-road services, the competition between ports and the competition between shipping lines.

To read the article written by Antoine FREMONT, Pierre FRANC and Brian SLACK published in the journal Cybergeo, please click:

http://www.cybergeo.eu/index21743.html

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