The Dynamics of Short Sea Shipping (eBook)

Stratos Papadimitriou is Professor at the University of Piraeus, Greece, teaching transport planning and logistic systems courses. He has served as an advisor to Ministers of Transport and the European Union and has been involved in managing various research projects regarding transport planning and logistics.Dimitrios V. Lyridis is Associate Professor, and Head of the Laboratory of Maritime Transport at the National Technical University of Athens, Greece. His main scientific areas of interest are maritime transport and logistics, shipping finance and environmental protection.Ioannis G. Koliousis is Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management at Coventry University, UK. He is an expert in the fields of transport planning, cargo and freight logistics, critical infrastructure security and safety.Vangelis Tsioumas is a full-time faculty and program coordinator for shipping management at The American College of Greece – DEREE.Eleftherios Sdoukopoulos is a PhD candidate at the University of Piraeus and an associate researcher at the Hellenic Institute of Transport, Greece.Peter J. Stavroulakis is a mechanical and production engineer, with a master’s in business administration and a master’s in the health sciences occupational and environmental health.

1. Introduction2. Supply, Demand, and Major Short Sea Shipping Networks in Europe3. Strategic Planning of Short Sea Shipping Within Maritime Clusters4. Social and Environmental Impacts of Short Sea Shipping5. Regulatory Framework6. ‘Motorways of the Sea’ (MoS) and Related European Policies7. Short Sea Shipping in Various Regions