Concentration and the formation of multi-port gateway regions in the European container port system: An update

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 567-583

  Notteboom, Theo E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP MARITIME ACADEMY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Concentration; Container; Europe; Gateway; Port system

Indexed keywords

CARGO HANDLING; CONTAINER TERMINAL; CONTAINERIZATION; PORT DEVELOPMENT; REGIONALIZATION; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; WATERWAY TRANSPORT;

EUROPE;

EID: 77952671107     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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