Ferry Services in Europe by Funda Yercan

Author:Funda Yercan [Yercan, Funda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781138311350
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2018-08-09T00:00:00+00:00

Analysis of ferry services in the UK in 1994

The analysis of ferries services in the UK is based on the development of a specific database for this purpose by the author. The sources of information are the Automobile Association Ferry guide, Lloyd's Register of Shipping, Fairplay World Shipping Encyclopaedia, ABC Cruise and Ferry Guide, Cruise and Ferry Info, Lloyd's List, brochures of ferry companies, newspapers and magazines and other publications specifically dealing with ferries. This database has been created in SPSS - Statistical Package for Social Sciences - for Windows and raw data has been recoded into appropriate categories to enable more detailed analysis. The initial database comprised all ferry data, but due to incomplete data, missing or otherwise unavailable, the total database for this section of the study has been limited to 70 ferries. The main criterion for exclusion was when missing data for the ferry facilities and services (the ferry service offer) of a particular ferry was considered to be significant. Thus all the ferries included can be described sufficiently on the basis of on-board ferry facilities and services, a central focus of this study, in addition to all other data which was considered relevant. The total number of available categories for analysis of these 70 ferries/routes combinations is 125, which includes recoded categories. The initial categories include entries such as name of port, distance of route, ship name, operator, voyage time, physical dimensions and many more, and the recoded entries are derived from the initial ones. For example voyage times have been recoded into < 2 hours, ≥ 2 and < 4 hours, ≥ 4 and < 8 hours, and ≥ 8 hours.

The purpose of the following analysis is to establish whether the ferry services offered in 1994 can be classified according to specific types which share common features and differ from others. If this can be established, a further objective of this analysis is to establish whether a cause or reason for these differences and similarities can be identified. The database for route traffic figures, also developed in SPSS, comprises all routes where at least one set of traffic figures, passengers, cars, buses, trailers or trips, are known.

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