The economic viability of container mega-ships

被引：71
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作者：
Imai, A [1 ]
Nishimura, E
Papadimitriou, S
Liu, MJ
机构：
[1] Kobe Univ, Fac Maritime Sci, Kobe, Hyogo 6580022, Japan
[2] World Maritime Univ, S-20124 Malmo, Sweden
[3] Univ Piraeus, Dept Maritime Studies, GR-18532 Piraeus, Greece
来源：
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART E-LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION REVIEW | 2006年 / 42卷 / 01期
关键词：
container transportation; mega-containership; game theory; mathematical programming; network design;
D O I：
10.1016/j.tre.2004.07.002
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
In this study, we analyze the container mega-ship viability by considering competitive circumstances. We adopt a non-zero sum two-person game with two specific strategies based on different service network configurations for different ship sizes: hub-and-spoke for mega-ship and multi-port calling for conventional ship size. A shipping characteristic for each route is approximately optimized to set up pay-off (or profit) matrixes for both players. Throughout model applications for Asia-Europe and Asia-North America trades, the mega-ship is competitive in all scenarios for Asia-Europe, while it is viable for Asia-North America only when the freight rate and feeder costs are low. (c) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码：21 / 41
页数：21
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