Service differentiation in liner shipping: advance booking and express services

Service differentiation in liner shipping: advance booking and express services

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Article ID: iaor20117270
Volume: 3
Issue: 4
Start Page Number: 365
End Page Number: 383
Publication Date: Jul 2011
Journal: International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics
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Keywords: containers, fleet management
Abstract:

Containerisation has transformed ocean shipping in a relatively standardised process. Possibilities to differentiate services exist nonetheless as a result of route densities, cargo and customer types, and shipment time sensitivity among other factors. Although yield management and product differentiation models have been extensively discussed in the airline sector, the topic has been the subject of relatively little investigation in liner shipping economics. This paper proposes a liner service differentiation model based on advance booking and explains in what cases two different classes of booking may be profitable. The paper structure is as follows: Section 1 introduces the topic; a review of the literature on pricing in liner shipping is presented in Section 2; this is followed by the explanation of how carriers may effectively price discriminate; Section 4 presents a simple model that accounts for advance booking and two classes of services; and Section 5 concludes.

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