Competitiveness of asian container terminals

Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-246

  Yeo, Hee Jung ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asia container terminal; Port and shipping industry; Port competitiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880052905     PISSN: 20925212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2092-5212(10)80003-3     Document Type: Article

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