Liner Shipping Connectivity and Port Infrastructure as Determinants of Freight Rates in the Caribbean

By G. Wilmsmeier, J. Hoffmann. 2008

191 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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In Economics and Econometrics

1. Olaf M. Merk
2. J. Hoffmann
3. G. Wilmsmeier
4. Hans-Joachim Schramm
5. Ziaul Haque Munim

In Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

1. Olaf M. Merk
2. J. Hoffmann
3. G. Wilmsmeier

Citations in the corpus

• Review of Maritime Transport, 2008 (2008, background): “Counting on a direct regular shipping connection has empirically been shown to help reduce trade costs and increase trade volumes (Hoffmann et al., 2019; Wilmsmeier and Hoffmann, 2008).”
• The Competitiveness of Global Port-Cities: Synthesis Report (2013, background): “An increase of connectivity of one standard deviation implies a potential reduction of the freight rate of 287 USD (Wilmsmeier and Hoffmann, 2008).”
• The impacts of port infrastructure and logistics performance on economic growth: the mediating role of seaborne trade (2018, background): “Yeo et al. (2008) found that quality of port service, logistics costs, regional connectivity, hinterland condition and port accessibility, contributes significantly to a port ’ s competitiveness.”