Slow steaming in container liner shipping: Is there any impact on fuel surcharge practices?

International Journal of Logistics Management

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-86

  Notteboom, Theo ^a   Cariou, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Freight containers; Fuel consumption; Fuel surcharges; Fuels; Liner shipping; Liners; Slow steaming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880343105     PISSN: 09574093     EISSN: 17586550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJLM-05-2013-0055     Document Type: Article

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