The hinterlands of and competition between Swedish container ports

Joar Lind ()
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Joar Lind: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI), Postal: VTI, Dept. of Transport Economics, P.O. Box 55685, SE-102 15 Stockholm, Sweden, https://www.vti.se/en/employees/joar-lind

No 2024:6, Working Papers from Swedish National Road & Transport Research Institute (VTI)

Abstract: The Swedish container port markets are analysed using the concept of captive and contestable hinterland and foreland. Using a freight transport planning tool, the Swedish national freight transport model Samgods, we identify the geographical markets of Swedish container ports and their market shares for the municipalities of Sweden. Results from the proposed method indicate that within the market segment, about half of municipalities in Sweden are captive, about a third is tied to the market-leading port. In the future, the market segment tends to be more captive, and the market-leading port will strengthen its position.

Keywords: Port competition; Freight transport modelling; Hinterland; Port choice; Captive or contestable areas (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R41 R42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2024-11-29
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-com, nep-dcm, nep-reg, nep-tre and nep-ure
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