An “island formation” is a region within the hinterland of a port which is served by another port. Some regions of southern Europe, although located within the hinterland of some Mediterranean ports, are “island formations” of northern range ports (namely northern European ports between Le Havre and Hamburg): an example is the Padan Plain, in northern Italy, which is currently, although only partially, an “island formation” of northern range ports. Actually, a relevant number of TEUs, which have origin or destination in the Padan Plain, and have been unloaded from ships operating deep sea routes or will be loaded on them, cross northern range ports. Several sources report this number of TEUs, but there is disagreement among them. In this paper, firstly, this number of TEUs is estimated, according to scheduled rail connections between northern range ports and Italian intermodal centres/freight villages. After, an analysis of transport costs and travel times is carried out in order to determine the advantage of unloading containers (having origin in Far East or North America and destination in the Padan Plain) through northern range ports instead of Italian ones .

The “island formation” within the hinterland of a port system: the case of the Padan Plain in Italy

Lupi Marino
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Pratelli Antonio;Farina Alessandro
2021-01-01

Abstract

An “island formation” is a region within the hinterland of a port which is served by another port. Some regions of southern Europe, although located within the hinterland of some Mediterranean ports, are “island formations” of northern range ports (namely northern European ports between Le Havre and Hamburg): an example is the Padan Plain, in northern Italy, which is currently, although only partially, an “island formation” of northern range ports. Actually, a relevant number of TEUs, which have origin or destination in the Padan Plain, and have been unloaded from ships operating deep sea routes or will be loaded on them, cross northern range ports. Several sources report this number of TEUs, but there is disagreement among them. In this paper, firstly, this number of TEUs is estimated, according to scheduled rail connections between northern range ports and Italian intermodal centres/freight villages. After, an analysis of transport costs and travel times is carried out in order to determine the advantage of unloading containers (having origin in Far East or North America and destination in the Padan Plain) through northern range ports instead of Italian ones .
2021
Lupi, Marino; Pratelli, Antonio; Campi, Federico; Ceccotti, Andrea; Farina, Alessandro
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