Study on Marine Shipping Capacity Option Contract Optimization Problem under Empty Container Reposition
The marine shipping capacity option contract decision problem has been discussed in this paper. Considering the empty container repositioning cost, the optimal decision model of the carriers and the forwarders for shipping capacity contract are established separately. The authors find that the carrier's expect profit is a concave function of the reservation price and the execution price. And that the forwarders expect profit is a concave function of option reservation quantity. Interestingly, the authors also find that both the carrier and forwarder's decision are affected by empty container reposition cost, and both of them have optimal decisions and profits in different situations.
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Authors:
- Bu, Xiangzhi
- Yan, Ming
- Tian, Longwei
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Conference:
- International Conference of Logistics Engineering and Management (ICLEM) 2010
- Location: Chengdu , China
- Date: 2010-10-8 to 2010-10-10
- Publication Date: 2010-9
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: References;
- Pagination: pp 3283-3290
- Monograph Title: ICLEM 2010: Logistics For Sustained Economic Development: Infrastructure, Information, Integration
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Containers; Contracts; Freight transportation; Logistics; Optimization; Shipping; Water transportation
- Uncontrolled Terms: Empty container repositioning
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; I10: Economics and Administration;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01525876
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 9780784411391
- Files: TRIS, ASCE
- Created Date: May 28 2014 3:21PM