Identifying the relationships among port competition, cooperation and competitiveness is
critical for both port operations and public interests. Although the number of studies on these …

Transport markets involve interactions between multiple groups of decision-makers, hence
they are good candidates to be analyzed through the prism of game theory. The many …

Although the application of blockchain technology in maritime industry can improve the
customs clearance efficiency and logistics transparency in the container cargo supply …

Rapid development of maritime transportation networks meets international trade demands
while rendering them in high risk and disruption concerns particularly at ports being the …

We investigate two competing carriers' incentives of horizontal alliance and values of vertical
cooperation in a one-to-two ship** service competition model, where two carriers may …

With the continuous expansion of the number and scale of inland container ports, they will
inevitably compete for goods traffic. Additionally, conflicts in port location, route layout …