Determinants of efficiency at major Brazilian port terminals

Transport Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 653-677

  Wanke, Peter F ^a   Barbastefano, Rafael Garcia ^b   Hijjar, Maria Fernanda ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO FEDERAL DE EDUCAÇÃO TECNOLÓGICA CELSO SUCKOW DA FONSECA   (Brazil)

^c Institute of Logistics and Supply Chain (ILOS)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CONTAINER TERMINAL; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; PORT INSTALLATION; PORT OPERATION; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; STOCHASTICITY;

BRAZIL;

EID: 80053045689     PISSN: 01441647     EISSN: 14645327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01441647.2010.547635     Document Type: Article

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