Impacts of electric rubber-tired gantries on green port performance

Research in Transportation Business and Management

Volumn 8, Issue , 2013, Pages 67-76

  Yang, Yi Chih ^a   Chang, Wei Min ^b  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b Evergreen International Engineering Corp   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Container terminal; Green port; Maritime logistics; Sea port

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885948356     PISSN: 22105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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