Evaluating Pricing Strategies for Storage in Import Container Terminals
In most container terminals around the world, storage space is scarce, and pricing policies are needed to increase performance. Specifically, congestion when inbound containers are temporarily stored in terminal yards leads to high operational costs. This paper focuses on the introduction of a yard storage tariff to encourage early pickup of containers. Different from previous approaches, the price schedule introduced has a nonzero flat rate. Both demand reactions and changes in pickup decisions are considered in the analysis. A model is developed for the objective function (profit of the terminal operator). A numerical example illustrates an optimal price schedule, shows how sensitive the profit is to the basic constituents of the model, and provides general pricing rules.
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Authors:
- Sauri, Sergi
- Serra, Jordi
- Martin, Enrique
- Publication Date: 2011
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 1-7
- Monograph Title: Freight Operations 2011
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
- Issue Number: 2238
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0361-1981
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Container terminals; Demand; Demurrage; Mathematical models; Optimization; Pricing; Profitability; Storage facilities; Tariffs
- Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities; I10: Economics and Administration; I70: Traffic and Transport;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01340359
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 9780309167598
- Report/Paper Numbers: 11-2587
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: May 18 2011 11:43AM