Freight transport in the United States and chosen European and Asian countries
Journal Title: Logistics and Transport - Year 2011, Vol 13, Issue 2
Abstract
The article consists of three parts. First part focuses on the development of goods conveyance (along with the consideration of particular transport branches) between 1980 and 2010 in the United States. Second part describes the development of commodity conveyance by means of transport of particular branches in the European Union in the same year, in Japan (1985-2008) and China (1980-2008). Last part is an attempt to indicate the differences in the structure of transport development in the United States and the European Union.
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Maciej Mindur
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