Site and situation factors in transshipment ports: The case of the caribbean basin

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 440-453

  McCalla, Robert J ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Container shipping; Deviation distance; Site; Situation; Transshipment

Indexed keywords

EID: 50149104380     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2008.00476.x     Document Type: Article

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