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Productivity in Maritime Transportation

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This study aims to analyze basic maritime traffic in the area of the economy and its relationship with growth. The content analysis includes an introduction to fundamental concepts of economic theory and its application to maritime business especially with regard to productivity, the costs involved and the difference in the supply of tonnage by type of vessel in response to the cycle time global economic.

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  1. University of La Coruña, A Coruña, Spain

    María Jesús Freire

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  1. Fac. Ciencias Economicas y, Empresariales, Universidad de Cantabria, avenida de los Castros s/n, Santander, 39005, Spain

    Pablo Coto-Millán

  2. Facultad Ciencias Económicas y, Empresariales, Universidad Cantabria, Avenida de los Castros s/n, Santander, 39005, Spain

    Miguel Angel Pesquera

  3. Facultad Ciencias Económicas y, Empresariales, Universidad Cantabria, Avenida de los Castros s/n, Santander, 39005, Spain

    Juan Castanedo

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Freire, M.J. (2010). Productivity in Maritime Transportation. In: Coto-Millán, P., Pesquera, M., Castanedo, J. (eds) Essays on Port Economics. Contributions to Economics. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2425-4_7

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