ABSTRACT
Intermodal transport is a freight movement solution that competes directly with road transport to deliver containers to port hinterlands. From the French port of Le Havre to the Paris region, road is the most widely used solution, followed by river–road intermodal transport (which accounts for 20% of container shipments), while rail–road transport is scarcely used at all (a train runs twice a day to ship containers from Le Havre to Paris, as well as to other destinations such as Bordeaux, Dijon, and Lyon). In this study, using data from public surveys and a method inspired by scientific literature, we will conduct an end-to-end analysis of the competitiveness of intermodal transport compared to road transport in the Paris–Le Havre corridor. To this end, we will identify the key parameters for measuring the competitiveness of intermodal transport, with a particular focus on the importance of the spatial distribution of origins and destinations.
