Review article
A contribution to the efficiency of Ro-Ro passenger traffic by applying services of mobile telecommunication networks in the Primorsko-goranska county
Renato Ivče
; Faculty of Maritime Studies Rijeka
Irena Jurdana
; Faculty of Maritime Studies Rijeka
Igor Rudan
; Faculty of Maritime Studies Rijeka
Abstract
Shipowners maintaining Ro-Ro passenger transport in the Primorsko-goranska County are not able to influence the extent of the demand for transport by way of marketing or otherwise. The primary cause of maritime traffic in the specified area is tourism, which is affected by many factors and can vary in its extent. In their activities of efficient provision of maritime-transport services, shipowners are partly limited because their services are largely linked to infrastructural facilities – ports and berths that they do not own and cannot directly affect. Furthermore, the transportation capacity of their Ro-Ro passenger ships is limited. Thus, during summer months, queues in Ro-Ro berths are common, especially during tourist exchange periods. Ro-Ro passenger services that connect the same islands with the mainland are not equally loaded, which in some cases results in unnecessary queuing for maritime transport and other consequences. Mobile communications technologies represent one of the main instruments of enabling interested local authorities to make information related to maritime transportation service available to all interested users and, thus, allowing for faster and simpler maritime transportation.
Keywords
Shipowners; maritime passenger transport; mobile telecommunications network; information availability
Hrčak ID:
75340
URI
Publication date:
28.12.2011.
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