Maritime transport and rail: an obligatory alliance

• Autores: Andrés López Pita, Paulo F. Teixeira, Juan Carlos Casas, Adrina Bachiller Saña
• Localización: Revista del Instituto de Navegación de España: publicación técnica cuatrimestral de navegación marítima, aérea, espacial y terrestre, ISSN-e 1578-6064, Nº. 30, 2007, págs. 14-21
• Idioma: español
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• Resumen

  • The European Union (EU-25) external trade is mainly done by maritime means 47% of the total UE external trade value is carried by maritime transport. In terms of tons the goods using this mode represented the 72% of the total UE foreign commerce (2004 data). According to recent forecast (20006) traffic between the European Union and the rest of the world will increase as much a 125% between 2005 and 2030. Within the same period it is also foreseen an increase of 620% in containerized traffic.

    It must also be highlighted the capacity increase of the container ships. Wiley in year 200 their capacity reached 6600 TEU on 2006 were launched containerships of up to 10000 TEU. There are already plans for launching 15-18000 TEU capacity ships over the next years.

    Withinthis context this paper analyzes how the main European ports consider that maritime and rail transport must constitute an alliance allowing an integration of the whole transport chain. In order to achieve this integration it has been established that rail should reach, at least, a market share of 15-20% of the land side transport to and from the ports