Towards a new intermediate hub region in container shipping? Relay and interlining via the Cape route vs. the Suez route

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 22, Issue , 2012, Pages 164-178

  Notteboom, Theo E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP MARITIME ACADEMY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cape; Competition; Container shipping; Interlining; Suez Canal; Vessel routing

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; CONTAINER SHIP; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHIPPING; VESSEL;

EGYPT; SUEZ CANAL;

EID: 84856477035     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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