Economies of scale in large container ships

Journal of Transport Economics and Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 185-208

  Cullinane, Kevin ^b   Khanna, Mahim ^a  

^a Maersk Contractors   (Denmark)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAINER SHIP; ECONOMY OF SCALE; SHIPPING; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

EID: 0032783472     PISSN: 00225258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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