Integrating seaports and trade corridors /

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How can the benefits of maritime trade be increased for the companies and institutions directly involved as well as the port city-regions where the transfers take place? Tackling this question, the authors of this volume put into perspective the reality, opportunities and challenges facing seaport g...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hall, P. V. (Peter V.), 1968-, McCalla, Robert J., Comtois, Claude, Slack, Brian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2011.
Colección:Transport and mobility series.
Temas:
Harbors.
Shipping.
Trade routes.
Infrastructure (Economics)
Business logistics.
Transportation > Planning.
Transportation geography.
Ports.
Routes commerciales.
Logistique (Organisation)
Transport > Planification.
Géographie des transports.
trade routes.
TRANSPORTATION > Ships & Shipbuilding > Pictorial.
Business logistics
Harbors
Shipping
Trade routes
Transportation geography
Transportation > Planning
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Economic cycles in maritime shipping and ports : the path to the crisis of 2008 / Gustaaf De Monie, Jean-Paul Rodrigue and Theo Notteboom
  • Organizational and geographical ramifications of the 2008-09 financial crisis on the maritime shipping and port industries / Theo Notteboom, Jean-Paul Rodrigue and Gustaaf De Monie
  • Carriers' role in opening gateways : experiences from major port regions / Antoine Frémont and Francesco Parola
  • Transport and logistics hubs : separating fact from fiction / Elisabeth Gouvernal, Valérie Lavaud-Letilleul and Brian Slack
  • Port, corridor, gateway and chain : exploring the geography of advanced maritime producer services / Peter V. Hall, Wouter Jacobs and Hans Koster
  • Measuring port performance : lessons from the waterfront / Claude Comtois and Brian Slack
  • Key interactions and value drivers towards port users' satisfaction / Athanasios A. Pallis and Thomas K. Vitsounis
  • Improving port performance : from serving ships to adding value in supply chains / Anthony Beresford, Su-Han Woo and Stephen Pettit
  • Coordination in multi-actor logistics operations : challenges at the port interface / Trevor D. Heaver
  • Benchmarking the integration of corridors in international value networks : the study of African cases / Jean-François Pelletier and Yann Alix
  • Building value into transport chains : the challenges of multi-goal policies / Emmanuel Guy and Frédéric Lapointe
  • Perspectives on integrated container transport : the Canadian example / Robert J. McCalla
  • Trade corridors and gateways: an evolving national transportation plan / Michael C. Ircha
  • Hinterlands, port regionalisation and extended gateways : the case of Belgium and northern France / Jacques J. Charlier
  • Entrepreneurial region and gateway-making in China : a case study of Guangxi / James J. Wang.

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