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Container Transhipment and Demand for Container Terminal Capacity in Scotland

Descriptionresearch into current and forecast demand for container transhipment capacity in Scotland
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Website Publication DateSeptember 03, 2004

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Container Transhipment and Demand for Container Terminal Capacity in Scotland

Final Report

Prepared for Scottish Enterprise National and Highlands & Islands Enterprise

by
TRi Maritime Research Group
Transport Research Institute
Napier University
Redwood House
66 Spylaw Road
Edinburgh EH10 5BR
Scotland, UK
Tel: 0131 455 5143/5140. Fax: 0131 455 5141
E-mail: a.baird@napier.ac.uk
Website: www.napier.ac.uk

December, 2003

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Contents

Executive Summary

1 Introduction
1.1 Background
1.2 Aims and Objectives
1.3 Report Structure

2 Containerport Demand in Northern Europe
2.1 Data sources
2.2 North European containerport markets
2.3 Global containerport markets
2.4 North Europe regional port analysis
2.5 British Isles containerport markets

3 Forecast Containerport Supply and Demand in North Europe
3.1 Forecast supply
3.2 Forecast demand
3.3 Forecast terminal capacity required in Scotland

4 Container Industry Trends
4.1 Traffic growth
4.2 Increase in ship size
4.3 Transhipment and dedicated terminals
4.4 Other significant trends

5 Strengths of Hunterston and Scapa Flow
5.1 Natural/physical
5.2 Economic
5.3 Operational
5.4 Environmental
5.5 Safety

6 Conclusion

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