Determinants of liner shippping network configuration: A two-region comparison

GeoJournal

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 213-228

  Wilmsmeier, Gordon ^a   Notteboom, Theo ^b  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Container liner networks; Europe; Shipping lines; South America; WCSA

Indexed keywords

CONTAINER LINERS; EUROPE; SHIPPING LINES; SOUTH AMERICA; WCSA;

WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

INTEGRATION;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTAINER SHIP; FOOTLOOSE INDUSTRY; LINER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PORT; SHIPPING; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TRADE PERFORMANCE;

NORTHERN EUROPE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 79955903165     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-009-9333-2     Document Type: Article

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