Influence of congestion efficiency on the european seaports performance: Does it matter?

Transport Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 517-539

  Simões, Pedro ^a   Marques, Rui Cunha ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARGO HANDLING; CONGESTION; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; PORT; PRODUCTIVITY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

EUROPE;

EID: 77954275685     PISSN: 01441647     EISSN: 14645327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01441640903175592     Document Type: Article

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