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source: Eurostat
Maritime transport is more cost-effective compared to other transport modes. Especially for larger freight volumes, cost advantages can be significant. ShortSea Shipping offers services at lower freight rates benefiting the final consumer.
Through a developed network of sea links and many ports throughout Europe, ShortSea Shipping offers significant transport capacity and services seven days per week, 24 hours per day.
The extended geographical network of ports facilitates the door-to-door transportation of specific cargoes contributing to the integration and cohesion of the European continent.
Removing vehicles from EU roads contributes to reducing CO2 emissions and thus to the quality of air. SSS produces less carbon dioxide and other air pollutants compared to alternative transport solutions. The sector pioneers adopting new energy sources and innovative technologies to reduce air emissions gradually and lead to the decarbonization of the industry.
Three-quarters of inland transport freight is carried by road transport. ShortSea Shipping as an alternative mode of transportation reduces not only road congestion but also the associated social costs.
Transposing significant volumes of vehicles from roads to sea corridors increases the safety of European roads.
The membership of ESN is not exclusively opened for European Union member states, but is in principle open to all shortsea promotion centres from European countries
Shortsea shipping can be divided in :
Feeder containers : vessels schedule follows the deepsea carrier. Intra European containers : schedule according to market demand.
Shortsea transport in Europe includes all destinations which are bordering European Union.
Because the Network does not have a central office. All information in gathered and spread through the national SPC’s Activities.
ESN carries out a wide variety of activities. A number of them are listed below.
All information published by the ESN is targeted to the owner of the cargo. Beside that ESN and its members keep in close contact with the shortsea operators and other companies in the shortsea chain. And last, the interaction with the national and european governments is very intensive.
Following the event “Short Sea Shipping: Challenges and Opportunities towards 2027” held in Naples on the 29th of September 2022 in the framework of the Naples Shipping Week 2022, the Public…
The program of work of the 2022 Italian Presidency of the European Shortsea Network (ESN) is focused on promoting a debate on the decarbonization and digitalization processes of the transport and logi…
Under the ESN Italian Presidency 2022 The aim of the ESN 2° webinar is to discuss how the digitalization and environmentalsustainability can contribute in the change process of SSS.During the webinar …