ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a systematic analysis of the contribution of inland potential demand to the concentration of container services in Europe, by taking into account the diversity of overseas regions involved in maritime trade. It shows that inland accessibility certainly reflects the concentration of services and also identifies other factors. The chapter attempts to understand why in some regions the maritime transport supply seems to be less well linked than we might expect from its inland market potential. The segmentation of maritime transport supply by overseas regions could help to explain these deviations. The chapter presents the data and methodology applied in the subsequent section to describe and understand the relationship between maritime services and inland accessibility. It attempts to measure the linkage between maritime transport supply and inland accessibility in Europe, both for container and general cargo services.
