The infrastructure used by shipping can be categorised into five groups. There are ports, fairways and the open sea. In Sweden as well as in some other countries, ice-breaking can be necessary for ships' passage in winter time. Also, the services provided by pilots are a part of the infrastructure. Given the restriction that the provider of the infrastructure must cover its costs, the study concerns the described infrastructure components and how efficient pricing of the services should be designed. For instance, the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) is an organisation that provides fairways, pilot assistance and ice-breaking services and is obliged to cover all its costs. How the SMA and organisations/enterprises alike should price their services in an efficient way is discussed. For the covering abstract see ITRD E126595.
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