The European port industry: An analysis of its economic efficiency

Maritime Economics and Logistics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 148-171

  Trujillo, Lourdes ^a,b   Tovar, Beatriz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European ports regulation; Motorways of the sea; Technical efficiency; Trans European transport networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547210241     PISSN: 14792931     EISSN: 1479294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.mel.9100177     Document Type: Article

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