A study of ship size and turnaround time in the port of Vancouver

Ships of all types spend a large part of their lives in port and this idle time adds considerably to the fixed cost of providing shipping service. Technological progress has empowered the construction of larger, faster and more economical vessels, but organisational and cargo handling innovations in...

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Main Author: Studer, Keith Ronald
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/35539