The spatial coverage of shipping lines and container terminal operators

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 292-299

  Parola, Francesco ^a   Veenstra, Albert W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gini coefficient; Globalization; Liner shipping; Spatial coverage; Stevedoring industry; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

CONTAINER TERMINAL; GLOBALIZATION; SHIPPING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

EID: 44449177954     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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