The Greening of Ports: A Comparison of Port Management Tools Used by Leading Ports in Asia and Europe

Transport Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 169-189

  Lam, Jasmine Siu Lee ^a   Notteboom, Theo ^b,c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c ANTWERP MARITIME ACADEMY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Asia; Europe; green port; port development; port management; port policy

Indexed keywords

CARGO HANDLING; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MANAGEMENT; PORT DEVELOPMENT; PORT OPERATION; SHIPPING; STANDARD (REGULATION); TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

ANTWERP [BELGIUM]; BELGIUM; CHINA; NETHERLANDS; ROTTERDAM; SHANGHAI; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTH HOLLAND;

EID: 84898541654     PISSN: 01441647     EISSN: 14645327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01441647.2014.891162     Document Type: Review

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