Stratos Papadimitriou is Professor at the University of Piraeus, Greece, teaching transport planning and logistic systems courses. He has served as an advisor to Ministers of Transport and the European Union and has been involved in managing various research projects regarding transport planning and logistics.Dimitrios V. Lyridis is Associate Professor, and Head of the Laboratory of Maritime Transport at the National Technical University of Athens, Greece. His main scientific areas of interest are maritime transport and logistics, shipping finance and environmental protection.Ioannis G. Koliousis is Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management at Coventry University, UK. He is an expert in the fields of transport planning, cargo and freight logistics, critical infrastructure security and safety.Vangelis Tsioumas is a full-time faculty and program coordinator for shipping management at The American College of Greece – DEREE.Eleftherios Sdoukopoulos is a PhD candidate at the University of Piraeus and an associate researcher at the Hellenic Institute of Transport, Greece.Peter J. Stavroulakis is a mechanical and production engineer, with a master’s in business administration and a master’s in the health sciences occupational and environmental health.

“This book provides a thorough understanding of short sea shipping and its interrelations with environmental, economic, social, and political factors. … The book offers an abundance of information with respect to the supply and demand of short sea shipping markets, the key routes and major corridors used by short sea shipping, and the economic factors affecting short sea shipping and its strategic planning within maritime clusters.” (Constantinos Chlomoudis, Maritime Economics & Logistics, Vol. 22, 2020)

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Supply, Demand, and Major Short Sea Shipping Networks in Europe.- 3. Strategic Planning of Short Sea Shipping Within Maritime Clusters.- 4. Social and Environmental Impacts of Short Sea Shipping.- 5. Regulatory Framework.- 6. ‘Motorways of the Sea’ (MoS) and Related European Policies.- 7. Short Sea Shipping in Various Regions.