Ro-Ro/Ro-Pax maritime transport in Italy: A policy-oriented market analysis

Autor: Ennio Cascetta, Vittorio Marzano, Daniela Tocchi, Fiore Tinessa, Chiara Fiori, Fulvio Simonelli
Přispěvatelé: Marzano, V., Tocchi, D., Fiori, C., Tinessa, F., Simonelli, F., Cascetta, E.
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Case Studies on Transport Policy. 8:1201-1211
ISSN: 2213-624X
DOI: 10.1016/j.cstp.2020.08.001
Popis: This paper proposes an in-depth analysis of Ro-Ro/Ro-Pax services in the Western Mediterranean, with a focus on Italy. Following an already consolidated research track, a database of Ro-Ro/Ro-Pax services has been built and analysed, enabling policy insights on port connectivity, market positioning of shipping companies across ports and routes, and congestion of Ro-Ro/Ro-Pax port terminals. Furthermore, an adaptation of the well-known GLS-based procedure that updates/estimates o-d flows from traffic measurements has been proposed, to estimate Ro-Ro/Ro-Pax freight flows between ports in a study area, given the total inbound/outbound port throughput and the total weekly capacity of port-to-port services. Application to both a laboratory experiment and to a real case study yielded very effective results. Overall, the presented analyses update earlier contributions in the literature and set the basis for an observatory on Ro-Ro/Ro-Pax services that might be regularly brought up to date and applied also to other countries.
Databáze: OpenAIRE