European Transport / Trasporti Europei (2001) 17/VII
Permanent URI
European Transport / Trasporti Europei (2001) 17/VII
CONTENTS / SOMMARIO
Baudà Alberto, Fozza Sara, Galaverna Marco
Land transport infrastructures servicing Ligury's ports: a potentiality analysis
Benacchio Marco, Musso Enrico
Ports and Economic Impact: main changes, assessment approaches and distribution disequilibrium
Cariou Pierre
Cascetta Ennio, Biggiero Luigi, Pagliara Francesca
Modelling activity location choice
Mageean JF, Nelson JD
Some observations on the organisation of demand responsive transport service
Maggi Elena, Borruso Giacomo
A theoretical framework of the new approach to logistics: supply chain management
Marcucci Edoardo
Separazione strutturale e concorrenza nel settore ferroviario
Browse
Browsing European Transport / Trasporti Europei (2001) 17/VII by Title
Now showing 1 - 8 of 8
Results Per Page
Sort Options
- PublicationA theoretical framework of the new approach to logistics: supply chain management(EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2001)
;Maggi, ElenaBorruso, GiacomoLogistics is gaining day by day more attention in the business world and in the fields of interest of policy makers. Even so the same people who use this term frequently declare that the concept of logistics is not completely clear to them. The aim of the paper is to clarify this concept, focusing on supply chain management, a new approach that has been developed in recent years. After a brief introduction, the steps of logistics evolution are presented in section two, as well as the definition of logistics system in the integrated logistics and the objectives of this system. Then, the supply chain management approach is explained, underlining where it differs from the previous approach of integrated logistics. Its structure is shown with the aid of a diagram. In the last part of the paper the driving forces behind a faster implementation of supply chain management are identified.3179 1656 - Publication
644 936 - PublicationLand transport infrastructures servicing Ligury's ports: a potentiality analysis(EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2001)
;Baudà, Alberto ;Fozza, SaraGalaverna, MarcoIn this study, road, highway and railway infrastructures that are linked to the ports of Savona, Genoa and La Spezia are briefly presented. An estimate of the transport capacity of these infrastructures is developed, with the aim of comparing it with the forecasts of the increase of harbour traffic; this leads to assessing the residual potentiality in the period 2000-2010. Analysis results point out various critical situations, especially for what concerns road transport. Therefore, a gradual redistribution is proposed from road to rail mode that still offers a noticeable residual potentiality, despite of its extensive utilisation of some sections. Lastly, the role that a more strict integration of maritime ports, according to the harbour system concept, can have in enforcing the railway mode is mentioned.1447 775 - PublicationModelling activity location choice(EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2001)
;Cascetta, Ennio ;Biggiero, LuigiPagliara, FrancescaAnalysing the development of cities and regions has been one ' of the great social science tasks of the last century. The 1 analytical approach to urban systems modelling is very recent, however some complex models, named integrated land-use/ transport models, have been developed and used in ail over the world. However, these models do not stress the transport component, while they give much more importance to modelling land-use. In this paper, simulated land-use interactions are relative to residential and economic activity location, based on behaviourally consistent accessibility measures (logsum variables) as well as potential demand for economic activities and available floor-space. Both "active" and "passive" accessibility have been defined and considered.1567 1056 - PublicationPorts and Economic Impact: main changes, assessment approaches and distribution disequilibrium(EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2001)
;Benacchio, MarcoMusso, EnricoIt is nowadays widely accepted that the positive economic impact of ports tends to move away from a local environment (the earlier 'port city') to a much wider and often international one, including the consignors/consignees. It is thus the purpose of this paper to take a fresh look at the current changes in a ports1 production junction, based on a territorial cost-benefit analysis, i.e. taking into account that: - The port industry is no longer a labour intensive one; - The port industry is becoming more capital deepening, but, given the functioning of international capital markets, the relevant payback does not necessarily spill over within the port region; - Due to horizontal and vertical integration strategies, international groups often own firms which run terminals and port activities and local economies are no longer among the location selection criteria of holdings, corporations and administrative departments; - Port development requires increasingly more space, which is a local factor, but land allocated to port activities seems to be paid less than its opportunity cost; - On the other hand, ports still *remain important from a national perspective: they generate taxes and duties and they often constitute growth poles for national industries and services; - Finally, the costs suffered by local economies are getting higher and higher in terms of land consumption, coast waste, environmental problems and traffic congestion. The existence of a disequilibrium in the territorial distribution of ports wealth is thus quite evident. Port Impact Studies are powerful tools for assessing port impact, although there is an open debate on their main goals, on the different methodological approaches and on their role in port planning. Finally the paper attempts to formulate some suggestions for a sustainable and efficient European port scenario.1576 1602 - PublicationSeparazione strutturale e concorrenza nel settore ferroviario(EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2001)Marcucci, EdoardoL'articolo ha per oggetto la separazione verticale e la concorrenza nel settore delle ferrovie. In particolare, dopo una rapida descrizione delle caratteristiche economiche del settore delle ferrovie, sono illustrate le motivazioni che portano all'integrazione verticale di un'industria in generale e delle ferrovie in particolare. Sono, quindi, elencati i relativi benefici ed i costi derivanti dalla separazione verticale e, per contro, quelli dell'integrazione. Infine, assumendo l'ipotesi di realizzare la separazione verticale, sono analizzati criticamente i vari metodi di possibile attuazione.
1602 1521 - PublicationSome observations on the organisation of demand responsive transport service(EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2001)
;Mageean, JFNelson, JDThis paper presents new concepts of Demand Responsive Transport (DRT) service provision emphasising the advantages of route flexibility. The paper reviews briefly the development of DRT services world-wide and then focuses on the new service concepts that have been developed as part of the DGXIII-funded SAMPLUS project. Five European demonstration sites are introduced and the experience of the Italian case-study (Florence) is taken as a detailed example. The evaluation of DRT services comprises four assessment categories (economic viability, service provision, technical performance and market projection). In conclusion, discussion centres on the contribution of DRT to future public transport provision and the barriers that must be overcome in order to facilitate widespread adoption.1210 1482 - PublicationVertical integration within the logistic chain: does "regulation" play rational? The case for dedicated container terminals(EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2001)Cariou, PierreThe liberalisation process of European port markets is similar to the one implemented in most of the networks industries (telecommunication, gas, water, airlines...). It takes place during a period of vertical integration within the logistical chain. The basic idea of this article is to present the main features of those processes and their major implications in one case of vertical integration: dedicated container terminals (DTs). A first section compares port systems and general network characteristics. It stresses that the Community efforts to complete the single market, the pressure from both customers and competitors, the withdrawal of public funding, have induced a general move towards liberalisation. This liberalisation is also justify within a network industry by economies of scale and positive network externalities. Analysis of network liberalisation process also stresses that it generally goes hand-in-hand with regulatory reforms that need to achieve a "public acceptance" (i.e. determining in a clear way the main economic effects of liberalisation) and to combine efficiency, competition and the provision of Universal Service Obligation (USO). A second section focuses on one question that usually raises when analysing liberalisation process. How to create conditions of entries (ex ante,) and how to make sure that those conditions will not reduce the level of competition (barriers to entry) and the provision of USO (ex post,)? The case of DTs in container market is analysed with respect to competition issues. DTs are private agreements between one or more carriers and a port operator or authority. They entail both a geographic -the use of facilities in a defined part of the terminal- and a temporal dimension -the use of facilities for a certain period of time. It represents a case of vertical integration within a network industry. An hypothetical queuing model is developed to investigate under which assumptions this vertical integration could reduce competition in the long run. This last section underlines that we can not consider that to maintain a multi-user terminal within a port or to split the port area into dedicated and multi-user servers allowing for some restricting agreement is not neural when considering the level of competition. It induces to investigate access and interconnection pricing in port industries. A rule to internalise the potential benefits and costs resulting from integration is finally consider: The Efficient Component Pricing Rule (ECPR). The final conclusion that comes from previous developments is that liberalisation when combining with vertical integration process appears to be a complex process. It requires both to select the infrastructures and services to liberalised, to "protect" the USO and at the same time, to analyse the impact of liberalisation on heterogeneous (geographic and economic) European port markets.
1753 1443