Liner shipping plays an important role in international shipping. This article systematically
reviews studies regarding liner shipping alliance management from three decision-making …

This paper surveys the extant research in the field of ocean container transport. A wide
range of issues is discussed including strategic planning, tactical planning and operations …

The emerging digital transformation in the twenty‐first century is rapidly and significantly
changing the business landscape. The fast‐changing activities, expectations and new …

This paper reviews studies from the past 30 years that use operations research methods to
tackle containership routing and scheduling problems at the strategic, tactical, and …

This paper examines in which ways the changing organizational routines of shipping (ie,
alliance formation and vertical integration in container terminal operations) are affecting the …

Acommon problem faced by carriers in liner shipping is the design of their service network.
Given a set of demands to be transported and a set of ports, a carrier wants to design service …

This study advances understanding of network dynamics by applying matching theory to the
formation of interorganizational alliances. We introduce market complementary and …

Many real-world systems operate in a decentralized manner, where individual operators
interact with varying degrees of cooperation and self motive. In this paper, we study …

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 …

This paper investigates the strategic reaction of ports when they face the increasing
bargaining power of shipping alliances. A dynamic game model is established to analyze …