A scenario discovery study of the impact of uncertainties in the global container transport system on European ports

Futures

Volumn 81, Issue , 2016, Pages 148-160

  Halim, Ronald A ^a   Kwakkel, Jan H ^a   Tavasszy, Lóránt A ^a,b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Container shipping; Deep uncertainty; Global freight logistics; Scenario discovery

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; LOGISTICS; PORT; SHIPPING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

NETHERLANDS; ROTTERDAM; SOUTH HOLLAND;

EID: 84950970778     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2015.09.004     Document Type: Article

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