From multi-porting to a hub port configuration: The South African container port system in transition

International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 224-245

  Notteboom, Theo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP MARITIME ACADEMY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cost model; Gateway port; Hub port; Liner services; South Africa; South African port system

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651239163     PISSN: 17566517     EISSN: 17566525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSTL.2010.030868     Document Type: Article

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