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Port resources rationalization for better container barge services in Hong Kong

Qi Fu Department of Industrial Engineering and Logistics Management, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Liming Liu Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong
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Zhou Xu Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong KongCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 543-561 | Published online: 20 Oct 2010

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