A generic ship for the Short Sea trades of the EU

Corres, AJ; Psaraftis, HN

dc.contributor.author	Corres, AJ	en
dc.contributor.author	Psaraftis, HN	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:49:58Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:49:58Z
dc.date.issued	2005	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/34841
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dc.subject	Intermodal transport	en
dc.subject	Shortsea shipping	en
dc.subject	Vessel design	en
dc.subject.other	Intermodal transport	en
dc.subject.other	Romania	en
dc.subject.other	Scale economies	en
dc.subject.other	Shortsea shipping	en
dc.subject.other	Technical assistance	en
dc.subject.other	Technical innovation	en
dc.subject.other	Transportation requirements	en
dc.subject.other	Vessel design	en
dc.subject.other	Wide spectrum	en
dc.subject.other	Economics	en
dc.subject.other	Intermodal transportation	en
dc.subject.other	International trade	en
dc.subject.other	Ships	en
dc.title	A generic ship for the Short Sea trades of the EU	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.publicationDate	2005	en
heal.abstract	The Union of Mediterranean Trading Shipowners of Greece with the technical assistance of ICEPRONAV of Romania have developed a generic ship type that can be constructed in such ways to serve the needs of a wide spectrum of transportation requirements, while ensuring significant economies for the builder in series. The need for this exercise has arisen in the context of ESYAN where clustering of various ship types around the six thousand tons mark had to be taken advantage of in a way to generate scale economies for both, the owners and the builders. While no serious technical innovation is involved, this type of application is novel and offers measurable savings in identifiable areas of the construction. If the matter of the replacement of the Greek Short Sea Fleet is seen as part of the overall strategy of Greece in the post cabotage era of the EU, a large number of such vessels are expected to be built. This paper describes the rationale behind this project and discusses the opportunities and challenges to promote it.	en
heal.journalName	1st International Symposium on Ship Operations, Management and Economics 2005	en
dc.identifier.spage	14	en
dc.identifier.epage	26	en