Handling charges in Caribbean ports are two to three times higher than in similar ports in other regions of the world. In some cases, it costs significantly less to ship a container to Hong Kong SAR, China, or Europe than it does to ship to a neighboring island no more than 100 miles away. The reasons for high port-handling costs are linked to procedural inefficiencies along the logistics chain, high freight rates that shipping lines attribute to...
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2015/01/01
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政策研究报告
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WPS7162
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1
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2015/01/01
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Disclosed
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OECS ports : an efficiency and performance assessment
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investment need