Abstract
The Adriatic-Ionian area occupies a very strategic position between three continents: Europe, Asia and Africa. Furthermore, it has a key position along trade routes of major global importance. A number of recent trends such as globalization and growth in international and intercontinental trade, the opening up of eastern Europe and the rerouting of intra-European trade flows provides a new opportunity for the development of the Adriatic Sea ports and for the re-definition of their roles as critical nodal points within the wider area transport network. The aim of this paper is research and analysis of the possibility of redefining the roles of all ports in the observed area with particular attention to all possible transport specializations and cooperation agreements. The above mentioned will be achieved by defining quality labels and indicators.
Highlights
The Motorways of the Seas can be considered as a strategic tool for the development of sea-based intermodal corridors of Europe, which will use short sea shipping and ports as the infrastructure required
The identification of primary intermodal corridors, in the above mention area including land bridge corridors was based on key transport demand figures i.e. existing freight trade corridors and traffic flows characteristics, currently operated transport service routes and the results of the transport and logistics actors survey performed in the context of the article
In the context of this paper, the identification of the intermodal maritime-based freight transport corridors is based upon the work carried out for the supply of Ro-Ro and Lo-Lo services in the Adriatic-Ionian area and the analysis of the international trade flows patterns/volumes within the core and wider study area
Summary
The Adriatic-Ionian area occupies a very strategic position between three continents: Europe, Asia and Africa. It has a key position along trade routes of major global importance. A number of recent trends such as globalization and growth in international and intercontinental trade, the opening up of eastern Europe and the rerouting of intra-European trade flows provides a new opportunity for the development of the Adriatic Sea ports and for the re-definition of their roles as critical nodal points within the wider area transport network. The aim of this paper is research and analysis of the possibility of redefining the roles of all ports in the observed area with particular attention to all possible transport specializations and cooperation agreements.
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