North European companies and major Eurasian countries - Future outlook on logistics flows and their sustainability

International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 100-121

  Hilmola, Olli Pekka ^a,b  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Container transportation; Eurasia; Finland; Sweden; Traffic balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251492017     PISSN: 17566517     EISSN: 17566525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSTL.2011.037821     Document Type: Article

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