A Shared Container Transportation Mode in the Yangtze River

Daozheng Huang and Gang Zhao
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Daozheng Huang: College of Transport and Communications, Shanghai Maritime University, 1550th Pudong New district, Shanghai 201306, China
Gang Zhao: College of Transport and Communications, Shanghai Maritime University, 1550th Pudong New district, Shanghai 201306, China

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 10, 1-12

Abstract: Sharing economy is an emerging concept that has been implemented in several industries and has achieved huge success. Novel solutions, built on the emerging concept of sharing economy, such as Uber, Didi, Mobike, and Cargostream, offer unprecedented opportunities for maritime organizations to reform traditional water transportation. This paper presents an analysis framework of a shared container transportation mode to show the restrictions and benefit of the implementation of the concept of sharing economy in maritime transportation. As a typical inland water area in China, the Yangtze River is selected as the study area. A general shared container transportation framework is designed, including a new waiting mode, business process, and software platform system design. The new business process is developed to overcome the contradiction between the new shared container transportation mode and the traditional shipping process. The potential of the new mode is also discussed. It would contribute to the sustainability of maritime transportation with respect to energy saving.

Keywords: sharing economy; shared container transportation; liner shipping; the Yangtze River (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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