Hierarchical network structure as seen in container shipping liner services in the Caribbean Basin

BELGEO

Volumn , Issue 4, 2004, Pages 407-417

  McCalla, Robert J ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Americas; Caribbean; Container shipping; Hierarchy; Hub and spoke; Inter oceanic; Intra basin; Networks

Indexed keywords

CONTAINER SHIP; HUB AND SPOKE NETWORK; LINER; PORT OPERATION; SHIPPING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 12944261915     PISSN: 13772368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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