Ugo Marchese

INTERMODALITY AND THE EVOLUTION OF COMPETITION
IN SHIPPING MARKETS

Index
1.	Economies of Scale of the Ship
2.	Port Stage, Transport Networks and Internal Terminals
3.	The Role of the Port Factor
4.	Overlapping of Operational Areas. Agreements, Consortia and Alliances
5.	Special Agreements Between Large Carriers and Large Shippers
6.	Overlapping of operational areas, intermodal transport prices and Shipping Conferences
7.	A Few Large Active Participants, Stabilization Agreements and Shipping Conferences
8.	Interconnections Between Traffic Areas, "Round-the-World" Services, Landbridges
9.	A European Landbridge and "Pendulum Routes"
10.	Global Economic Competition, Shipping and Intermodal Transport
11.	Intermodality and the Financial Revolution in Shipping
12.	Possible Scenario for the Evolution of the Conference System: Areas of Activity and Traffic Sectors
13.	Traffic Flows and Contestable Markets
14.	Major Routes, Contestable and Non-Contestable Markets, Landbridges