This paper provides a literature review of freight transportation service procurement and
investigates the challenges and opportunities regarding transportation organization and …

The body of literature on truckload (TL) transportation procurement decisions by firms
(shippers) and their transportation service providers (motor carriers) has been driven by real …

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 …

With supply chains distributed across global markets, ocean container transport now is a
critical element of any such supply chain. We identify key characteristics of ocean container …

In practical business, freight forwarders not only cope with homogeneous competition, but
also may face with the potential threat from ocean shipping (OS) companies who encroach …

The article presents the problem of determining the routes of vehicles in the transport of
dangerous materials in the context of minimizing the probability of a road accident with a …

This study is the first proposing allocatively efficient multi‐attribute auctions for the
procurement of multiple items. In the B2B e‐commerce logistics problem (ELP), the e …

Port operations in an uncertain environment and compete with nearby ports in a same
region to incentive carriers. In this paper, we consider a game-theoretical model to analyze …

The share of gross domestic product from the service industry reflects the competitiveness of
a nation; the service industry in the USA accounts for around 80% of its gross domestic …

In shipping market, the distinct characteristics of violating demand and fluctuating spot
market price both in low-demand and high-demand seasons breed the problems of shippers …