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Empirical and theoretical analysis of the development of inland waterway services in France

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Ports that are able to offer scale economies on land by using combined transport gain a competitive advantage in their port range thanks to the large hinterland that they control. The recent rapid expansion of combined waterway-road services at French ports, Le Havre and Marseille, led us to carry out an empirical and theoretical 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. Although the reasons behind the process of expansion have not been exactly the same in Marseille and Le Havre, a few major factors have been identified: the growth in maritime traffic, the appearance of combined transport operators, the impetus provided by the public authorities concerned by environmental issues and wishing to develop a defensive strategy in order to protect the hinterland of its ports, and last but not least, the involvement of a few very large shipping lines. Based on lessons drawn from this French case, a theoretical model is presented in this paper. It highlights the interdependence between the setting up of combined waterway-road services, the competition between ports and the competition between shipping lines.
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hal-02152185 , version 1 (11-06-2019)

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A Fremont, P Franc, B Slack. Empirical and theoretical analysis of the development of inland waterway services in France. IAME, International Association of Maritime Economics Conference, Jul 2007, Athènes, France. 28p. ⟨hal-02152185⟩
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