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

Jiaguo Liu and Junjin Wang

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2019, vol. 128, issue C, 333-355

Abstract: 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 form an alliance. We find that forming alliances reduces carrier service competition, lowers port service price, and weakens port’s monopolistic advantage. Moreover, a combined contract is proposed that coordinates effectively and brings win-win situation for stakeholders, where carrier (alliance) shares profit with port meanwhile port allocates service cost in return. Also, we identify the contract has a certain robustness. Furthermore, we improve the contract with compensation mechanism by Nash bargaining for better operation.

Keywords: Service competition; Maritime transport chain; Revenue sharing and service cost allocation contract; Compensation mechanism; Nash bargaining negotiation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2019.06.009

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