Compared to other transport modes, shipping is disadvantaged by the fact that ships leaving a Member State's territorial waters (12 nautical miles from shore) are considered as moving out of the EU customs territory, which means that goods have to go through customs formalities both on departure and arrival at EU ports, resulting in delays and higher costs.
Za razliko od drugih načinov prevoza je ladijski promet v slabšem položaju, ker za ladje, ki odplujejo iz teritorialnih vod države članice (12 navtičnih milj od obale), velja, da zapustijo carinsko območje EU, zato je treba carinske formalnosti za blago opraviti ob odhodu iz pristanišč EU in ob prihodu vanje, to pa povzroča zamude in višje stroške.