Calabria region as competitive european terminal port for the silk maritime road. Scenario simulation

Abstract

The markets globalization and the sustained world growth of trade in the last decades pushed many States toward new challenges; consistent investments are envisaged to build new great infrastructures. After an overview of some development Scenarios of world freight transport, the attention is focused on the Chinese project of Silk Roads. A comparative analysis based on Scenario simulations is proposed, in order to valuate different intermodal alternative routes between China and Central Europe. The set of alternative solutions includes a route across Calabria Region, taken as strategic multi-function terminal for the Maritime Silk Road, with a connection to the center of Europe by railway along the Adriatic-Ionian coast. A methodological approach is firstly described, based on transport supply model, some potential alternatives routes are identified and simulated, and finally the main results are illustrated and commented. The analyses are proposed from the perspective of a multimodal transport operator (MTO), but also considering the relationship between investment costs and potential benefits for a Euro-Chinese partnership.

Silk Road | Simulation | Intermodality | Transport Costs 

References

1. Banca d’Italia, 2012. Indagine campionaria sui trasporti internazionali dell’Italia. Benchmark 2011. Rapporto finale. https://www.bancaditalia.it/statistiche/tematiche/rapportiestero/trasporti-internazionali/sintesiindagini/indagine-trasporti11.pdf [July, 2018]
   
2. Bundesnetzagentur, 2016. Market Analysis Railway https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/EN/Areas/Rail/Downloads/MarketAnalysisRailway2016.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=3 [July, 2018]
   
3. Cascetta E., 2009. Transportation System Analysis. Models and application. New York. Springer.
   
4. Group of Experts on Euro-Asian Transport Links, 2017. Scientific and Research Institute of Motor Transport (NIIAT). Draft report of the phase III of the Euro-Asian Transport Links project. Economic Commission for Europe. Inland Transport Committee. Working Party on Transport Trends and Economics. Yerevan.
   
5. EIA, 2010. Intermodal freight transport and logistics best practice. European Intermodal Association. Brussels:
   
6. Gattuso D., 2008. Agri-food logistics in the Mediterranean area. Milano. Franco Angeli.
   
7. Gattuso D., Cassone G.C., 2013. I nodi della logistica nella Supply Chain. Milano. Franco Angeli.
   
8. Jong-Ho N., Inha P., Ho Jin L., Mi Ok K., Kyungsik C., Young-Kyo S., 2013. Simulation of optimal arctic  routes using a numerical sea ice model based on an ice-coupled ocean circulation method. International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering. Volume 5, Issue 2: 210-226.
   
9. Korovyakovsky E., Szoltysek J., 2006. Creating international supply chains in Europe and Russia. The main principles. Contemporary research issues in international railway logistics. Olli-Pekka Hilmola (editor). Lappeenranta University of technology. Research Report 171.
   
10. Landaluce G., 2013. Logistics and transport flows in the Mediterranean sea: consequences for ports. 3rd Mediterranean Days of Coastal & Port Engineering (PIANC). Marseille.
    
11. Ordabayev A., 2015. Geopolitics of Transport Corridors in Central Asia. The Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP). Kazakhstan.
    
12. Vainovskis D., 2016. Cargo shipment options Asia – Europe. Proceedings LIAA seminars eksportētājiem, Riga.
    
13. Van der Putten P.F., Seaman J., Huotari M., Ekman A., Otero-Iglesias M., 2016. Europe and China’s. New Silk Roads. A Report by the European Think-tank Network on China (ETNC).
    
14. www.maersk.com
    www.businessinsider.com
    www.sundayobserver.lk
    www.worldbank.com