The adaptation of the landlord port model to France's major seaports: A critical analysis of local solutions

Maritime Policy and Management

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-47

  Lacoste, Romuald ^a   Douet, Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATION; CONTAINER TERMINAL; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; PORT OPERATION; REFORM PROCESS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WORLD BANK;

FRANCE;

EID: 84872416580     PISSN: 03088839     EISSN: 14645254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03088839.2012.705029     Document Type: Article

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56. This project involves the construction of a wide-gauge canal, 106 km long, between the Oise (Compiègne) and the Dunkirk-Escaut Canal (Cambrai). It includes the production of four trimodal hubs that will enable the development of logistics and industrial activities in conjunction with the canal. Its cost is estimated at 4.3 billion euros (current development hubs included). This project aims at opening up the Seine Basin by 2020 and allow the shipping of 13-15 million tons of cargo, the equivalent of 500 000 trucks per year'. MEDDTL (Ministry in charge of transport), http://www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/Presentation-du-projet-de-canal.html
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