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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910464904403321
• Autore: Yap Wei Wim
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Brussels, Belgium : , : University Press Antwerp, , 2009; ©2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (596 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.4767632
• Soggetti: Container industry; Container ships; Container terminals - Economic aspects; Harbors - Economic aspects; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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""; ""Porterâ€?s â€?Diamondâ€? 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""