Strategic alliances in container shipping: A review of the literature and future research agenda

M Ghorbani, M Acciaro, S Transchel… - Maritime Economics & …, 2022 - Springer
Strategic alliances are the most common type of collaboration agreement used by shipping
lines to provide worldwide maritime container transport services. Since their first appearance …

Evolution of green shipping research: themes and methods

W Shi, Y Xiao, Z Chen, H McLaughlin… - Maritime Policy & …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Over the past 30 years, there have been growing concerns on the environmental impacts of
maritime transportation, which have attracted great attention from both academia and …

Slot co-chartering and capacity deployment optimization of liner alliances in containerized maritime logistics industry

J Chen, J Xu, S Zhou, A Liu - Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2023 - Elsevier
With the growing traffic of containerized shipping worldwide, container liners have seen
increasing cooperation. Slot co-chartering has drawn wide attention as a way of cooperation …

Understanding and minimizing environmental impacts of the Belt and Road Initiative

AC Hughes - Conservation Biology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) sets to create connections and build
infrastructure across Eurasia, Asia, and parts of the African continent in its initial phase and …

Analyzing the effect of government subsidy on shippers' mode switching behavior in the Belt and Road strategic context

T Kundu, JB Sheu - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The Chinese government is offering subsidies to promote the recently developed China-
Europe rail freight corridor under its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Despite significant …

A genetic algorithm-based grey-box model for ship fuel consumption prediction towards sustainable shipping

L Yang, G Chen, NGM Rytter, J Zhao… - Annals of Operations …, 2019 - Springer
In order to enhance sustainability in maritime shipping, shipping companies spend good
efforts in improving the operational energy efficiency of existing ships. Accurate fuel …

Environmental governance of transportation infrastructure under Belt and Road Initiative: A unified framework

X Wang, YD Wong, KF Yuen, KX Li - … Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has attracted much attention in the field of
transportation research. With a primary goal to improve regional and global connectivity, the …

Effects of BRI strategy on Mediterranean shipping transport

C Ferrari, A Tei - Journal of Shipping and Trade, 2020 - Springer
In 2013 Chinese government unveiled one of the biggest transport plan schemes worldwide:
the One Belt One Road (OBOR) strategy, now called the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). This …

Application of renewable energy technologies for eco-friendly sea ports

IS Seddiek - Ships and Offshore Structures, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The present study aims at quantifying prospective reductions of ships' emission of GHG in
addition to the expected economic impact in case of applying various renewable energy …

Potential benefits of carrier collaboration in vehicle routing problem with pickup and delivery

B Padmanabhan, N Huynh, W Ferrell… - Transportation …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This paper investigates the potential benefits of collaboration among less than truckload
(LTL) carriers in fulfilling pickup and delivery jobs. It adopts the commonly used centralized …