Maritime Ports, Supply Chains and Logistics Corridors [Paperback]

This book aims to highlight the interrelations between maritime ports, inland corridors and logistics. Inland corridors could be defined as major arteries for inland transportation from and to the maritime port. They link together one or several ports located on the maritime range with one or several major inland metropolitan areas.

Preface

List of Contributors

Introduction

Antoine Fr?mont, Cyrille Bertelle and Nathan Gouin

1. Geography of Metropolitan Gateways: Maritime Metropolises, Inland Maritime Corridors, and Maritime Regions and Ranges

2. Intermodal Corridors and SeaLand Logistics: What Role Should Regulation Play?

3. ?le-de-France: A Natural but Contested Hinterland for Haropa Port

Ronan Kerbiriou

4. Intermodal Transport Versus Road Transport: The Benefits of a Cost-Based Analysis of Activities in the Seine Corridor

5. The New Le HavreSerqueuxGisorsParis Rail Freight Corridor: Is France on Track to Improve the Competitiveness of the Port of Le Havre?

6. Logistics and the Globalization of the Automotive Supply Chain: A Case Study on the Parts Consolidation Centres in the Seine Valley Corridor

7. Competitiveness and Geopolitics of Port Corridors