In 2007, EU-27 short sea shipping continued growing but at a slower rate.

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Amerini (G). http://temis.documentation.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/document.xsp?id=Temis-0065428

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• Publié par: temis-developpement-durable
• Publié le: 29 juillet 2009
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Transport   Author: Giuliano AMERINI

 

   

 

S t a t i s t i c s i n f o c u s 58/2009

  In 2007, EU-27 Short Sea Shipping continued growing but at a slower rate. Short Sea Shipping (SSS) 1 is a major alternative  Liquid bulk (including liquefied gas, crude oil to road for the transport of goods in Europe,  and oil products), with almost half the total together with rail, inland waterways and  tonnage, was the largest cargo type. It pipelines. accounted  for about 60% of total SSS cargo in In 2007 freight SSS totalled around 1.9 billion  French and Dutch ports. tonnes 2  Rotterdam remained the largest EU-27 , some 61% of total EU-27 maritime  While goods transport.  port in 2007 in terms of total SSS, it was The United Kingdom and Italy 3  by Antwerp in 2007 for containers. , with 366 and  overtaken 325 million tonnes respectively, contributed  For Roll-on/Roll-off transport, Dover and Calais most heavily to the total. The share of SSS in  remained the top two SSS ports reflecting their total maritime transport varied widely from one  high specialization in this activity. country to another.  SSS of goods in containers continued to increase The majority of SSS reported by the EU-27  at a substantial rate: an 8.2% annual average ports concerned partner ports situated in the  increase for EU-15 between 2000 and 2007. Mediterranean (28%) and the North Sea (27%). Figure 1:Share of Short Sea Shipping (SSS) of goods in total sea transport in 2007 (gross weight of goods in Mio tonnes)  

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  Source: Eurostatmar_sg_am_) cw 1  Sea Shipping (SSS) deals with the transport of goods between ports in the EU-27, Croatia and Norway on one hand, and ports situated Short in geographical Europe, on the Mediterranean and Black Sea on the other. More information in "methodological and other explanatory notes". 2  technical improvement is introduced in the calculation of transport figures in this edition of the publication: see explanatory notes on A "elimination of double counting at statistical port level" for more details. 3 Italian data for 2007 are provisional.