Comparing The Shares of Different Methods of Transporting Goods and Carrying Passenger: Focusing on Marine Transport

This research examines and compares the shares of Transporting Goods and Carrying Passenger through various types of transportation and its infrastructures on GDP, growth and economic income and analyzes the ranking of the variables of passenger and goods moved through various types of transport using annual time series data from 1996 to 2020 and the Ordinary Least Squares regression (OLS) method. The results of this research indicate that the existing relationship between the gross domestic product and different types of transportation sectors is indicative of the fact that there has been growth in production due to the transportation of goods and passengers through various types of transportation and the importance of the effect of this sector on the country's production and income. Also, according to the ranking regarding the shares of each sector of transportation, it can be said that in the transportation of passengers and goods by various types of transportation systems, respectively, the largest shares is related to railroad transportation and road transport and the lowest shares is allocated to marine transport and air transportation. The important and noteworthy point is that due to the desirable features of marine transport that The most important of which is affordability, compared to other transportation methods, it has a lesser effect on the economy's income, which is one of the weak points of the policy-makers and the authorities are in the field of transportation and special attention and investment and appropriate policies should be made in this field.