Cost of piracy: A comparative voyage approach

Maritime Economics and Logistics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 178-195

  Bendall, Helen B ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comparative voyage costing; Diversion costs; Opportunity costs; Piracy; Somalia; Suez

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953481114     PISSN: 14792931     EISSN: 1479294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/mel.2010.1     Document Type: Article

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