This paper, in two parts, reports on the Perception of Route Competition via Seaports in the European Communities Research Project wherein a total of 72 interviews were held in 11 European countries. Respondents were also asked to fill in a questionnaire, and it is these questionnaire findings that are reported in this first part of the paper. These is a perhaps surprisingly widespread belief that frequency of shipping service is a main reason for choice of seaport in cargo movement. Time on the route and labour problems at ports are major concerns of freight forwarders whose minds are powerfully imbued with the spirit of free enterprise(absence of governmental or other planning agency intervention). Among other major conclusions are a preference for ‘delivered price’ consignments and the belief in the importance of port charges in route determination (see table 2 for summary of major conclusions).


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    Title :

    Freight forwarders speak: the Perception of Route Competition via Seaports in the European Communities Research Project.Part 1


    Contributors:
    Bird, James (author) / Bland, Gail (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1988-03-01




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    Unknown




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