China's new transport corridor : the Yangtze

Subtitle: Constantly in search of lower manufacturing costs, many global companies are beginning to look West -- moving away from China's coasts to the country's interior. Already the world's most heavily used waterway, the Yangtze River is providing ever-increasing access to China's core. Efforts to increase containerization and liberalize the third-party logistics industry are propelling these changes along.

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• Authors:
  • Kwan, Clarence
  • Knutsen, Kris
• Publication Date: 2006-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Illustrations;
• Pagination: p. 16-21 : ill.
• Serial:
  • Supply Chain Management Review
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Reed Business Information
  • ISSN: 1521-9747
  • Serial URL: http://www.manufactoring.net/scm/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Inland water transportation
• Geographic Terms: China; Yangtze River
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01048171
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Northwestern University, Evanston
• Files: TLIB
• Created Date: May 7 2007 2:03PM