Ocean container transport in global supply chains: Overview and research opportunities

CY Lee, DP Song - Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …

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 …

Carrier alliance incentive analysis and coordination in a maritime transport chain based on service competition

J Liu, J Wang - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
We investigate two competing carriers' incentives of horizontal alliance and values of vertical
cooperation in a one-to-two shipping service competition model, where two carriers may …

Competition or cooperation? Ports' strategies and welfare analysis facing shipping alliances

S Zheng, M Luo - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Talent and leadership effects on sustainable performance in the maritime industry

A Pantouvakis, I Vlachos - Transportation Research Part D: Transport and …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study examines how talent and leadership impact on sustainable performance
conditioned by organisational culture in the maritime industry. This empirical investigation is …

A Stackelberg game based two-stage framework to make decisions of freight rate for container shipping lines in the emerging blockchain-based market

H Zhong, F Zhang, Y Gu - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
To improve the operational efficiency, blockchain technology has been gradually applied
into the container shipping industry. As an easier, faster, more efficient platform, blockchain …

Platform encroachment with price matching: introducing a self-constructing online platform into the sea-cargo market

L Xu, J Shi, J Chen - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Constructing online platform can effectively change the traditional booking behavior of
shipper into the coexistence of offline and online platform while it also causes the intensified …

Analyzing the development of competition and cooperation among ocean carriers considering the impact of carbon tax policy

J Wang, W Zhu - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to emission reduction pressure and supply chain changes, this paper analyzes the
development trend of the marine supply chain based on the competition and cooperation …

Investment strategy for blockchain technology in a shipping supply chain

X Xin, M Liu, X Wang, H Chen, K Chen - Ocean & coastal management, 2022 - Elsevier
In the post-COVID-19 pandemic era, how to promote blockchain technology to improve the
efficiency of port customs clearance and logistics transparency has become a hot research …

Game-theoretical models for competition analysis in a new emerging liner container shipping market

H Wang, Q Meng, X Zhang - Transportation Research Part B …, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper develops three game-theoretical models to analyze shipping competition
between two carriers in a new emerging liner container shipping market. The behavior of …