Description

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This book belongs to the Port Economics and Global Supply Chain Management strand of the Palgrave Studies in Maritime Economics book series, commissioned by Hercules Haralambides.
This book discusses the main drivers that affect the introduction and growth of short sea shipping services. It describes and analyses the main operational concepts of short sea shipping and introduces relevant administrative and strategic approaches that enable its sustainable execution. Short Sea Shipping (SSS) comprises freight and passenger mobility by waterborne transport at a limited range, without crossing an ocean. Being a direct competitor to land-based transport modes, it uses ports and inland waterways to complement traditional transportation systems, increase capacity, improve flexibility, and contribute towards the goal of sustainable mobility. The reader will be introduced to various aspects of short sea shipping including benefits and shortfalls, relevant regulations and policies, and the applicability of short sea services within a given case or scenario.

About the Author

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Stratos Papadimitriou is Professor at the University of Piraeus, Greece, teaching transport planning and logistic systems courses. He has served as an advisor to Ministers of Transport and the European Union and has been involved in managing various research projects regarding transport planning and logistics.Dimitrios V. Lyridis is Associate Professor, and Head of the Laboratory of Maritime Transport at the National Technical University of Athens, Greece. His main scientific areas of interest are maritime transport and logistics, shipping finance and environmental protection.Ioannis G. Koliousis is Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management at Coventry University, UK. He is an expert in the fields of transport planning, cargo and freight logistics, critical infrastructure security and safety.Vangelis Tsioumas is a full-time faculty and program coordinator for shipping management at The American College of Greece - DEREE.Eleftherios Sdoukopoulos is a PhD candidate at the University of Piraeus and an associate researcher at the Hellenic Institute of Transport, Greece.Peter J. Stavroulakis is a mechanical and production engineer, with a master's in business administration and a master's in the health sciences occupational and environmental health.