Short sea shipping in North America: understanding the requirements of Atlantic Canadian shippers
- 8 April 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Maritime Policy & Management
- Vol. 35 (2), 145-158
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03088830801956805
Abstract
This research examines the potential for short sea shipping services on the east coast of North America, and focuses on the factors that freight shippers use to choose a transport mode. While there is significant literature available on modal choice and carrier selection, very little examines the effect of splitting the business on the choice that shippers specifically make between short sea and trucking options. Contrary to existing literature, we find that shippers’ perceptions of short sea are favourable in this market. We also identify a new method of collecting data on how companies split business in these decisions.Keywords
This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
- An Application of AHP on Transhipment Port Selection: A Global PerspectiveMaritime Economics & Logistics, 2004
- Short-Haul Rail Intermodal: Can It Compete with Trucks?Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2004
- Logistics Strategy and Transport Service Choices: An Adaptive Stated Preference ExperimentGrowth and Change, 2003
- Freight mode choice and adaptive stated preferencesTransportation Research. Part E, Logistics and Transportation Review, 2002
- A comparison of the predictive potential of artificial neural networks and nested logit models for commuter mode choiceTransportation Research. Part E, Logistics and Transportation Review, 2000
- Understanding the ocean container market—a seven country study [1]Maritime Policy & Management, 1995
- Limitations in the Carrier Choice Process: A Study of Eastern Canadian Exporters of Containerisable CargoInternational Journal of Physical Distribution & Materials Management, 1985
- An alternative theoretical approach to the evaluation of liner shipping Part II. Choice criteriaMaritime Policy & Management, 1985
- An alternative theoretical approach to the evaluation of liner shippingMaritime Policy & Management, 1984
- Shipper Versus Carrier Perceptions of Carrier Selection VariablesInternational Journal of Physical Distribution & Materials Management, 1978