OPTIMISATION OF LAND ACCESS TO SEA PORTS: BEYOND INFRASTRUCTURE

This paper seeks to answer the question of whether physical infrastructure is sufficient to optimise inland accessibility to sea ports, or whether the knowledge available in a port community can play a role, from the standpoint of the rise of the knowledge-based economy. After some theoretical considerations on inland access to sea ports, the present situation of land access to European ports is reviewed. Relevant fundamental changes to the environment in which sea ports operate are described. These include an increasingly knowledge-based society; information and communication technologies; regionality; production management; logistics; the expansion of central Europe; environmental protection; mobility; and the development of rail transport. The shortcomings of an approach that focuses solely on infrastructure are explained, with their impact. The role of knowledge capacity in optimising inland accessibility is outlined and illustrated by the examples of the ports of Hamburg and Rotterdam. For the covering abstract see ITRD E109435.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/9282113590
• Corporate Authors:

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

  2, rue André Pascal
  Paris,   France  75775 Paris Cedex 16
• Authors:
  • VAN KLINK, A
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 121-41
• Serial:
  • LAND ACCESS TO SEA PORTS. ECMT REPORT 113
  • Publisher: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Economics; Freight transportation; Ports; Technology
• ITRD Terms: 9139: Accessibility; 255: Economics; 1112: Freight transport; 1098: Port; 3855: Technology
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00814506
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 92-821-1359-0
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Aug 9 2001 12:00AM