Container shipping services and their impact on container port competitiveness : thesis submitted in order to obtain the degree of Ph.D. in Transport and Maritime Economics on 3 November 2009 aT 15H00 / door/by Yap Wei Yim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yap, Wei Wim.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Container industry.

Container ships.

Container terminals--Economic aspects.

Container terminals.

Harbors--Economic aspects.

Harbors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (596 p.)

Place of Publication:

Brussels, Belgium : University Press Antwerp, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Introducing a new methodology for measuring competitiveness in shipping ports, this analysis provides policy makers, industry practitioners, and academics with a pragmatic approach to the peculiarities of large ports around the world. Using quantitative measures as well as holistic and cultural considerations, the manual describes the general workings of the container port and shipping industry and provides in-depth case studies of ports in Southeast Asia, the Pearl River Delta, the Yangtze River Delta, and Northwest Europe.

Contents:

""Colofonpagina_Yap Wei Yim""; ""Acknowledgement""; ""Abstract""; ""SAMENVATTING""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""List of Equations""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Chapter 1 - Introduction (1-8)""; ""Chapter 2 - Review of Literature (9-24)""; ""Chapter 3 - Demand for Container Shipping Services (25-44)""; ""Table 3.4: Estimated Transhipment Volumes at Major Transhipment Ports in 2006""; ""Chapter 4 - Supply of Container Shipping Services (45-74)""; ""East-West""; ""North-South""; ""Europe-Africa""; ""Europe-ISC""; ""Europe-Australasia""

""Southeast Asia-Australasia""""Regional""; ""Chapter 5 - The Container Port (75-94)""; ""Chapter 6 - Implications for Container Port Competitiveness (95-130)""; ""Chapter 7 - Research Methodology (131-162)""; ""Evergreen RTW East""; ""Evergreen RTW West""; ""7.5.1 Demand and Supply Conditions Faced by the Container Shipping Line at the Container Port""; ""Chapter 8 - Results for Southeast Asia (163-222)""; ""Chapter 9 - Results for East Asia PRD (223-268)""; ""Chapter 10 - Results for East Asia YRD (269-330)""; ""Hutchison Port Holdings""; ""COSCO Pacific""; ""APM Terminals""

""Hutchison Port Holdings""""Evergreen""; ""Evergreen""; ""APM Terminals""; ""Hutchison Port Holdings""; ""COSCO Pacific""; ""Evergreen""; ""Med-F East""; ""Intra-F East""; ""Med-F East""; ""Intra-F East""; ""Intra-F East""; ""Med-F East""; ""Med-F East""; ""Intra-F East""; ""East Asia""; ""East Asia""; ""East Asia""; ""East Asia""; ""SE Asia""; ""N America""; ""SE Asia""; ""SE Asia""; ""N America""; ""N America""; ""Chapter 11 - Results for NW Europe (331-408)""; ""Antwerp""; ""Bremerhaven""; ""Hamburg""; ""Rotterdam""; ""Intra-Eur""; ""Intra-Eur""; ""Intra-Eur""; ""Transatlant""

""Transatlant""""Intra-Eur""; ""Eur-Far East""; ""Transpac""; ""Transpac""; ""Eur-Med""; ""Eur-Med""; ""Eur-Africa""; ""Eur-Med""; ""W Europe""; ""W Europe""; ""W Europe""; ""W Europe""; ""East Asia""; ""East Asia""; ""East Asia""; ""N Europe""; ""SE Asia""; ""SE Asia""; ""East Asia""; ""ECN Amer""; ""SE Asia""; ""North-South Total""; ""Chapter 12 - Summary and Conclusion (409-421)""; ""Annexes-1 to 4""; ""Porter�s �Diamond� Model Applied to the Analysis of Container Port Competitiveness""; "" Factor Endowment""; "" Factor Hierarchy""; "" Demand Composition""; ""Annexes-5 to 10""

""Buyer""""Year""; ""Annexes-11 to 13""; ""Measures to Boost Container-Handling Capacity with Existing Space:""; ""Expanding Container-Handling Capacity Into Adjacent Areas:""; ""Developing Container-Handling Capacity In New Areas:""; ""Annexes-14 to 18""; ""Annexes-19""; ""Annexes-20 to 21""; ""Container Throughput""; ""Market Structure""; ""Future Development""; ""Container Throughput""; ""Market Structure""; ""Future Development""; ""Annexes-22""; ""Container Throughput""; ""Market Structure""; ""Future Development""; ""Container Throughput""; ""Market Structure""; ""Future Development""

""Container Throughput""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 30, 2013).

OCLC:

922966334