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The potential of alternative rail freight transport corridors between Central Europe and China

Islam D., Zunder T., Jackson R., Nesterova N., Burgess A.

Transport Problems

2013

T. 8, z. 4

45--57

The paper examines the potential of three rail corridors: Trans-Sib, Central and TRACECA for freight transport between Central Europe and China. The paper applies a qualitative research method including a review of current literature and interviews. The research examines the technical, operational and bureaucratic conditions of the corridors. The research finds that the unreliable transit time, higher cost and damage and theft of cargo are the most pressing barriers to towards offering an efficient and integrated logistics and supply chain service along the corridors. This is due to, amongst others, problematic, multiple border-crossings and the lack of visible cooperation among the countries. The technical and operational barriers include a change of gauge, differing power supply and signalling systems and non-automated and fragmented information systems. The research also finds that the Trans-Sib is the most attractive corridor currently running and shows promise with the active contribution from the Russian government and relevant direct stakeholders such as Russian Railway (RZD). The TRACECA route is the most problematic option due to, among others, numerous border-crossings, infrastructure and rolling stock constraints and other associated problems.

Artykuł bada potencjał trzech kanałów kolejowych: Trans-Syberyjskiego, Centralnego oraz TRACECA dla transportu towarów pomiędzy Centralną Europą a Chinami. Artykuł stosuje badania jakościowe łącznie z przeglądem aktualnej literatury i wywiadami. Praca badawcza rozpatruje techniczne, operacyjne oraz biurokratyczne warunki oraz korytarze. Praca badawcza odkrywa, iż niewiarygodne czasy tranzytu, wyższe koszty i zniszczenia oraz kradzieże towarów są najbardziej naglącymi barierami do przejścia przy użyciu efektywnego oraz logistycznie zintegrowanego serwisu łańcucha dostaw wzdłuż korytarzy. Jest to spowodowane między innymi, problematycznością, przymusem pokonywania wielu granic międzynarodowych oraz brakiem widocznej współpracy pomiędzy państwami. Techniczne i operacyjne bariery zawierają zmianę szerokości, zróżnicowanie mocy zasilającej i systemów sygnalizacji oraz nieautomatyczne i rozproszone systemy informatyczne. Paca również przedstawia, iż trasa Trans-Syberyjska jest najbardziej atrakcyjnym korytarzem biegnącym obecnie i dającym nadzieję przy czynnym udziale Rosyjskiego Rządu i odpowiednich podmiotów bezpośrednich takich jak Rosyjska Kolej (RZD). Trasa TRACECA jest najbardziej problematyczna opcją, pomiędzy innymi, spowodowane jest to koniecznością wielokrotnego przekraczania granic, infrastrukturą i ciągłymi ograniczeniami zasobów i innymi powiązanymi problemami.

Shale gas development: managing economic transitions

Jackson R.

AGH Drilling, Oil, Gas

2013

Vol. 30, no. 1

317--318

Shifts in populations and economic structure are as old as population settlements themselves. As technologies change and economies adapt, regional comparative advantages also evolve. Among the most consequential of recently developed new technologies is horizontal drilling, which has opened vast regions of the world to the extraction, development,and use of low-cost energy from shale gas. Economic transitions and structural change are inevitable. The challenge for regional economists, policymakers, and economic developers lies in the identifying and managing these transitions in ways that maximize benefits and minimize the costs that accompany them. Complicating this challenge is the recognition that the geographic distributions of costs and benefits of economic development often do not coincide. This spatial mismatch of costs and benefits has been prominent historically in regional resource boom and bust cycles, many of which have been fed specifically by energy resources. The resources of energy rich regions have often been exploited in ways that provide short- term regional economic benefits and disruption, longer-term economic development often accompanied by environmental and physical infrastructural degradation. Recognizing that we are entering the early stages of one of the most substantial resource based shifts in economic structure in the history of energy resource development, we have the opportunity and the obligation to learn from successes and failures ofprevious economic transition management efforts, and to design strategies that will maximize the benefits and minimize the negative consequences of shale gas development. This contribution identifies and elaborates upon four critical dimensions of the transition management challenge. The first dimension includes the economic and environmental aspects of the extraction activities including drilling, materials assembly and usage including employment, income, capital equipment, and consumables, both manufactured and natural. The second dimension identifies the negative externalities of impacts on off-site physical infrastructure, with a special emphasis on transport infrastructure. In attempting to minimize negative consequences, programs should be developed to leave affected areas no worse off, at worst, and better off if possible. The road network involved in support drilling can extend well beyond the obvious transport arteries, even to jurisdictions that are not direct beneficiaries of severance taxes or impacts fees. The third dimension centers on economic structural changes related to upstream and downstream activities in the production and supply chains, and the fourth dimension concerns the roles of and impacts upon social and institutional structures.