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Dr. Alessandro Farina
Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy

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Journal article
Published: 25 April 2021 in Sustainability
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An “island formation” is a region within the hinterland of a port which is served by another port. Some regions of southern Europe, although located within the hinterland of some Mediterranean ports, are “island formations” of northern range ports (namely, northern European ports between Le Havre and Hamburg): an example is the Padan Plain, in northern Italy, which is currently, although only partially, an “island formation” of northern range ports. Actually, a relevant number of TEUs, which have origin or destination in the Padan Plain, and have been unloaded from ships operating deep-sea routes or will be loaded on them, cross northern range ports. Several sources report this number of TEUs, but there is disagreement among them. In this paper, firstly, this number of TEUs is estimated, according to scheduled rail connections between northern range ports and Italian intermodal centres/freight villages. Afterwards, an analysis of transport costs and travel times is carried out in order to determine the advantage of unloading containers (having origin in the Far East or North America and destination in the Padan Plain) through northern range ports instead of Italian ports.

ACS Style

Marino Lupi; Antonio Pratelli; Federico Campi; Andrea Ceccotti; Alessandro Farina. The “Island Formation” within the Hinterland of a Port System: The Case of the Padan Plain in Italy. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4819 .

AMA Style

Marino Lupi, Antonio Pratelli, Federico Campi, Andrea Ceccotti, Alessandro Farina. The “Island Formation” within the Hinterland of a Port System: The Case of the Padan Plain in Italy. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (9):4819.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Marino Lupi; Antonio Pratelli; Federico Campi; Andrea Ceccotti; Alessandro Farina. 2021. "The “Island Formation” within the Hinterland of a Port System: The Case of the Padan Plain in Italy." Sustainability 13, no. 9: 4819.

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Published: 29 April 2020 in Applied Sciences
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In this paper, the usage of railway lines across the Alps is evaluated, both at present and after the new lines and base tunnels will be in operation. The railway network of a large part of Europe has been modelled through a graph, and the best routes between some of the most important origin/destination pairs in Italy and Europe have been determined. A new cost function has been developed for the links of the network. The proposed cost function is an improvement of those existing in the literature, because all cost components are taken into account in detail, while the traction cost and the number of locomotives utilized explicitly depend on the geometrical characteristics of rail lines. This last aspect is crucial in analyzing the rail lines across the Alps, as they are often operated in double or triple traction. The results of the study show the importance of new Alpine rail lines and base tunnels: the Ceneri base tunnel will remove a bottleneck on the Gotthard line, while the Brenner and Frejus base tunnels will take up a quota of demand currently served by other lines. Moreover, the new Alpine lines will create an east–west rail connection, through the Italian Padan Plain, alternative to the rail route which currently bypasses the Alps to the north.

ACS Style

Marino Lupi; Antonio Pratelli; Daniele Conte; Alessandro Farina. Railway Lines across the Alps: Analysis of Their Usage through a New Railway Link Cost Function. Applied Sciences 2020, 10, 3120 .

AMA Style

Marino Lupi, Antonio Pratelli, Daniele Conte, Alessandro Farina. Railway Lines across the Alps: Analysis of Their Usage through a New Railway Link Cost Function. Applied Sciences. 2020; 10 (9):3120.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Marino Lupi; Antonio Pratelli; Daniele Conte; Alessandro Farina. 2020. "Railway Lines across the Alps: Analysis of Their Usage through a New Railway Link Cost Function." Applied Sciences 10, no. 9: 3120.