Screen LibraryPort economics
Saved in:
| Group Author: | ; |
|---|---|
| Published: |
Elsevier JAI,
|
| Publisher Address: | Amsterdam Boston |
| Publication Dates: | 2006. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Research in transportation economics ; v. 16 |
| Subjects: | |
| Carrier Form: | viii, 249 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0762311983 (hbk.) 9780762311989 (hbk.) |
| Index Number: | F550 |
| CLC: |
F550 F294.3 |
| Call Number: | F550/P839 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references. A port (or seaport) is a place that provides for the vessel transfer of cargo and passengers to and from waterways and shores. Port economics us concerned with the economics of port services. Users of port services are those that utlize the port as part of the transportation process of moving cargo and passengers to and from origin and destination locations. Users include transportation carriers such as shipping lines, railroads and trucking firms that perform these movements and shippers and individuals that provide the cargo and themselves as passengers to be transported. Port users demand |