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Title:	Development of a cost simulator to assess new maritime trade routes
Author:	Martínez de Osés, Francesc Xavier; Castells Sanabra, Marcel·la; Rodríguez Nuevo, José Manuel
Other authors:	Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Ciència i Enginyeria Nàutiques; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. TRANSMAR - Grup de recerca de transport marítim i logística portuària
Abstract:	This paper is going to describe the design process of a simulator that assesses the costs of different means of transport. The evaluation not only will be done regarding the internal costs but also the external costs that will be translated to environmental costs, based on existing databases. The paper shows the development carried out to create this simulator and analyse all components of the logistical chain, i.e. port operation costs, road haulage costs and maritime leg costs. The simulation results have been validated with real data of actual maritime routes to check its reliability. As a conclusion, the costs simulator permits assess costs of new maritime trade routes comparing them with road transport.
Subject(s):	-Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Nàutica -Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Nàutica::Navegació marítima::Transport marítim -Shipping -Transport maritim -Simulació per ordinador
Rights:	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spain http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
Document type:	Article - Published version Conference Object
Published by:	CRC Press. Taylor & Francies Group
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