Impact investigation of the economic crisis to the road freight sector in Thessaloniki, Greece

Within the framework of this paper an attempt is made to investigate the impacts of the economic crisis on the urban road freight transport sector, having as a case study the city of Thessaloniki, the second biggest city in Greece. To this end, a questionnaire-based survey is performed in order to collect relevant data from local carriers and forwarders with respect to the effects of the economic crisis they experienced and the measures they adopted and implemented in order to tackle them. In addition, the paper also includes the findings of a SWOT analysis, which enables the formation of strategies for overcoming the problems that have been identified and exploiting the opportunities raised.

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  https://doi.org/10.2495/UT130441
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  • Abstract reprinted with permission from WIT Press.
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• Authors:
  • Papoutsis, K
  • Basbas, S
  • Bouhouras, E
  • Sdoukopoulos, E
• Conference:
  • 19th International Conference on Urban Transport and the Environment
  • Location: Kos , Greece
  • Date: 2013-5-29 to 2013-5-31
• Publication Date: 2013

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 11p
• Monograph Title: Urban Transport XIX
• Serial:
  • WIT Transactions on the Built Environment
  • Issue Number: 130
  • Publisher: Wessex Institute of Technology
  • ISSN: 1743-3509
  • Serial URL: http://library.witpress.com/pages/listBooks.asp?tID=2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Economic conditions; Freight transportation; Impacts; Motor carriers
• Geographic Terms: Thessaloniki (Greece)
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Motor Carriers; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01494673
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9781845647162
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 27 2013 10:58PM