80 million-twenty-foot-equivalent-unit container port? : sustainability issues in port and coastal development

• Main Authors: Yap, Wei Yim, Lam, Jasmine Siu Lee
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Maritime studies::Maritime management and business
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100299; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17804
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The container port industry has experienced phenomenal growth over the past decades since the era of containerisation. The continuous population growth, urbanisation and industrialisation will continue to propel seaborne commodity trades which are largely handled via ports. Given that the four busie...