Maritime Transport Costs and Port Efficiency

Maritime Transport Costs and Port Efficiency

Recent literature has emphasized the importance of transport costs and infrastructure in explaining trade, access to markets, and increases in per capita income. For most Latin American countries transport costs are a greater barrier to U.S. market...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Clark, Ximena, Dollar, David, Micco, Alejandro
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
MARITIME SERVICES
TRANSPORT COSTS
PORT MANAGEMENT
EFFICIENCY
TRADE BARRIERS
DISTANCES
CONTAINERIZATION
EXPORT VOLUME
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
ORGANIZED CRIME
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ANTI-COMPETITIVE PRACTICES
BILATERAL TRADE
BULK CARGO
BULK CARRIERS
CABOTAGE
CAPITAL MARKETS
CARGO
CARGO HANDLING
CARTELS
CIF
COMPETITIVENESS
CUSTOMS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DWT
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ELASTICITY
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
EMPTY CONTAINERS
EXPORTS
FOREIGN PORTS
FREIGHT
FREIGHT COSTS
FREIGHT RATES
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
HARMONIZED SYSTEM
IMPORTS
INEFFICIENCY
INLAND WATERWAYS
INSURANCE
INSURANCE PREMIUMS
INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LABOR COSTS
LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES
LEGISLATION
LINER SERVICES
LIVING STANDARDS
MACROECONOMICS
MANUFACTURING
MARGINAL COST
MARGINAL COSTS
MARITIME TRANSPORT
NAVIGATION
OIL
OIL PRICES
PER CAPITA INCOME
PIERS
PORT ACTIVITIES
PORT EFFICIENCY
PORT FACILITIES
PORT INFRASTRUCTURE
PORT OPERATIONS
PORT PERFORMANCE
PORT SERVICES
PRICE FIXING
PRODUCTIVITY
SEAPORTS
SHIPMENTS
SHIPPING
SHIPPING COMPANIES
SHIPPING COMPANY
SHIPPING COSTS
SHIPPING RATES
SHIPS
STEVEDORING
TARIFF BARRIERS
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
TEU
TONNAGE
TOWING
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE ROUTES
TRANSIT
TRANSIT COUNTRIES
TRANSPORT SERVICES
TRANSSHIPMENT
VALUE ADDED
VESSELS
WATERWAYS
WEALTH
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/02/1703257/maritime-transport-costs-port-efficiency
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15758

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/02/1703257/maritime-transport-costs-port-efficiency
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15758

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