The Rail and Sea Transport International Charge Level Coherence and Comparison among Baltic States Transit Corridors
The 6th Intenational Conference "Economic Challenges in Enlarged Europe": Conference Proceedings 2014
Justīna Hudenko, Remigijs Počs

Making the observation of export incomes in the Balances of Payment (BoP) of the Baltic States it was observed that there was no coherency between trends of rail and sea transport service income level. This study was aimed at the examination of the considered appearance in order to understand what causes service income level differences and if it impacts the competitiveness of transit corridors of the Baltic States. A combination of statistical methods for data processing was used: grouping, extension and graphical representation as well as trend and regression analysis. It was concluded that total seaport-rail charge level in international transportation has an increasing trend, where rail service charge level rises faster than those in maritime service. Incoherence and duplication of processes, inelastic charge regulation as well as uneven capacity usage which affect the competitiveness of observed transport corridors and are not compensated by market mechanism therefore should be taken into account when developing strategies for improving transit corridor competitiveness.


Keywords
competiveness of transit corridors, rail and sea transport service in Baltic States, logistic chain, charge coherency

Hudenko, J., Počs, R. The Rail and Sea Transport International Charge Level Coherence and Comparison among Baltic States Transit Corridors. In: The 6th Intenational Conference "Economic Challenges in Enlarged Europe": Conference Proceedings, Estonia, Tallinn, 15-17 June, 2014. Tallinn: Tallinn University of Technology, 2014, pp.1-7. ISSN 2382-6797.

Publication language
English (en)
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