Secret lives of containers: Evidence from Texas

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1833, 2003, Pages 3-10

  Prozzi, Jolanda ^a   Spurgeon, Kellie ^a   Harrison, Robert ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAINERS; COSTS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

CONTAINER ROUTES; CONTAINERIZED FREIGHT MOVEMENTS; FREIGHT PLANNING; STAKEHOLDERS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 1542346345     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1833-01     Document Type: Article

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