Hinterland strategies of port authorities: A case study of the port of Barcelona

Research in Transportation Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-14

  Van den Berg, Roy ^a   De Langen, Peter W ^a,b  

^a PORT OF ROTTERDAM AUTHORITY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hinterland strategy; Inland terminals; Intermodal networks; Port authorities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860389781     PISSN: 07398859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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