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POWERFUL MARITIME TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS : FLOWS AND FACILITIES. Ores and energy resources. Services, information. - 70 % of the world transportation made by ships. Different means of transportation for a global economy :. Maritime areas : Container ships (= porte conteneurs ).
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POWERFUL MARITIME TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS : FLOWS AND FACILITIES.
Ores and energy resources Services, information
- 70 % of the world transportation made by ships Different means of transportation for a global economy : Maritime areas : Container ships (= porte conteneurs). Tankers (= vraquiers). Factory-ships (= navires usines) ; e.g. for transforming fish. Riverways : Barges (= péniches).
A factory ship… facing Greepeace : Japanese whalers turn water cannon on Greenpeace protesters, Arctic Ocean, December 16, 2001. From : http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2002/2002-01-16-05.asp
A barge near a refinery (from : http://www.uscg.mil/d8/mso/corpus/cb_events_gallery.htm)
PORT INTERMODAL FACILITIES
What’s the logic of INTERMODAL FACILITIES in a trading port ? Case study : Long Beach port, in California.
TO BE A REAL TRADING CROSSROADS, A PORT MUST POSSESS : CRANES, to load (embarquer) / unload (débarquer) goods Large wharves and lot of space, to stock containers And it must be connected to other means of transportation ; here, trucks ready to drive on highways. Containers Deep channelled waters
Quickness Profitability Lower costs WHAT’S THE LOGIC OF INTERMODAL FACILITIES ? Ports, airports, stations, highways… To achieve the reduction of costs and the fast supply of the demand, to make global trade possible, those different means have to be connected, in the same places.
A LITTORAL FACADE: THE MEETING PLACE OF GLOBAL TRADE FLOWS AXES LITTORAL PORT URBAN CENTER INTERMODAL FACILITY COMMANDING / BUSINESS CENTER PRODUCTION CENTER
HERE IS THE INTERMODAL PLATFORM REGIONAL FLOWS GLOBAL FLOWS MARITIME AREAS SEAFRONT HINTERLAND
THE INTERMODAL ORGANIZATION OF ROISSY- CHARLES-DE- GAULLE