Liner shipping connectivity and port infrastructure as determinants of freight rates in the Caribbean

Maritime Economics and Logistics

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 130-151

  Wilmsmeier, Gordon ^a   Hoffmann, Jan ^b  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNCTAD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Competition; Liner shipping connectivity; Port infrastructure; Principal component analysis; Transport costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149159460     PISSN: 14792931     EISSN: 1479294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.mel.9100195     Document Type: Conference Paper

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