The purpose of the paper is to analyze the competitiveness of the Romanian horticultural sector in terms of production efficiency, using a few specific indicators such as land productivity, labour productivity, and share of costs in production. These indicators have been calculated on the basis...

Global container throughput recorded a substantial growth over the past 25 years. The ports of Rotterdam, Hamburg and Antwerp have benefited greatly from this development. At the same time rapid increases can be observed for the dimensions of container vessels calling these ports. In 2005 the...