The role of European «ro-ro» port terminals in the automotive supply chain management

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 116-124

  Dias, J C Quaresma ^a   Calado, J M F ^b   Mendonca M C ^c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Automotive supply chain management; Cars transportation; Decoupling points; Logistics postponement; ro ro Port terminals; Short sea shipping

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; CONTAINER TERMINAL; LOGISTICS; PORT; SHIPPING; WATERWAY TRANSPORT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449706186     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2008.10.009     Document Type: Article

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