Research For TRAN Committee - The EU Maritime Transport System: Focus on Ferries
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16-11-2016
This study provides a concise overview of passenger ferries as part of the EU Maritime Transport System, focussing on their role in contributing to multimodality. It outlines the ferry industry from a wide perspective, with analysis across spatial scales, from urban to long distance, and with respect to its implications within an economic context. Technological developments and innovations are addressed in view of applicable environmental Regulations.
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Publication type
Policy area
Keyword
- civil law
- clean technology
- combined transport
- common transport policy
- ENERGY
- energy efficiency
- energy policy
- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- ferryboat
- international affairs
- international convention
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- LAW
- liability
- marine fuel
- maritime and inland waterway transport
- maritime safety
- oil industry
- organisation of transport
- PRODUCTION, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
- soft energy
- soft energy
- sustainable mobility
- technology and technical regulations
- trans-European network
- TRANSPORT
- transport accident
- transport economics
- transport policy
- transport regulations