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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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Main Authors:	Clark, Ximena, Dollar, David, Micco, Alejandro
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

Maritime Transport Costs and Port Efficiency

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