Kingdom and short-sea shipping connections with Ireland and continental Europe. Understanding the market is critical since …

Coastal shipping – maritime transport that takes place between ports on the same continent – represents around half of … the global shipping market. It is also crucial to the connectivity of island regions and regional development …. Decarbonising coastal shipping presents both challenges and opportunities, as does the growing concentration of ownership in the …

Despite a general agreement that piracy poses a significant threat to maritime shipping, empirical evidence regarding … overall exports along a particular shipping route fall following an increase in pirate activity. In addition, piracy induces … firms to switch from ocean to air shipping, while the remaining ocean shipments become larger. …

This paper investigates the extent to which coastal shipping is being under-utilised in the carriage of freight in …