Strategic integration of the inland port and shipping service for the ocean carrier

This study analytically investigates the competition and alliance strategies between one ocean carrier (OC) and one inland shipping company (IC) in a vertical container shipping chain. The OC decides the freight rate of the deep-sea shipping service, while the IC determines the freight rate of the inland waterway service including the charges of both shipping and port services. The authors examine and compare the outcomes under three strategies: vertical separation, vertical–horizontal competition and alliance. The if-then entry threat and excess revenue-sharing contract mechanisms for the OC to exercise the vertical-horizontal competition and alliance strategies are proposed, respectively.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2017.12.010
• Record URL:
  • https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1366554517306117
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/13665545
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Tan, Zhijia
  • Meng, Qiang
  • Wang, Fan
  • Kuang, Hai-bo
• Publication Date: 2018-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 90-109
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
  • Volume: 110
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1366-5545
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13665545

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Competition; Ocean shipping; River ports; Ship lines; Strategic alliances
• Uncontrolled Terms: Revenue sharing
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01661114
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 23 2018 4:40PM