Modeling port competition from a transport chain perspective

作者：Song Dong Ping^*; Lyons Andrew; Li Dong; Sharifi Hossein

来源：Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review , 2016, 87: 75-96.

DOI：10.1016/j.tre.2016.01.001

• Port competition
• Container shipping
• Transport chain
• Game theory
• Uncertainty
• Congestion

This paper considers the competition between two ports involving both hinterland shipments and transhipments. Taking a transport chain perspective including deep-sea, port, feeder and inland transportation, we present a static cost model to examine ports' relative competitiveness and justify the development of game models. A non-cooperative game model is then formulated for a two-ports-one-ocean carrier system. The optimal ports' pricing and the carrier's port-of-call decisions are derived. A centralized supply chain model is then discussed. The game model is further extended to uncertain demand situations. A case study of Southampton and Liverpool ports is provided to illustrate the results.

• 出版日期2016-3