Arbeitspapier
Cooperation and competition in the cargo liner shipping industry
It is widespread international practice that cargo liners meet at regular conferences to fix prices and quotas for individual routes. Presently, however, the respective European regulation granting liners an exemption from competition laws is under review. Liners claim that conferences are a necessary pre-condition for the provision of reliable services. In contrast, we demonstrate that there is little evidence for a destabilizing effect of competition, while conferences can themselves give rise to instability. The liners association (ELAA) has, in response to the EU review process, proposed an information exchange system as an alternative. In our view this has some merits. Transfer of data might even be mandatory, information output should be aggregated and anonymized and made available to the general public. We are skeptical, however, about any 'discussions' between liners that go further than anonymized information exchange.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Diskussionspapier ; No. 2005/3
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
- Subject
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Frachtschifffahrt
Containerschifffahrt
Informationsverhalten
EU-Staaten
Welt
Linienkonferenz
Wettbewerbsvorteil
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Czerny, Achim I.
Mitusch, Kay
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Technische Universität Berlin, Fakultät Wirtschaft und Management
- (where)
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Berlin
- (when)
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2005
- Handle
- Last update
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10.06.0002, 11:43 AM CET
Data provider
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Czerny, Achim I.
- Mitusch, Kay
- Technische Universität Berlin, Fakultät Wirtschaft und Management
Time of origin
- 2005
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Cargo Liner II (1974), Cargo Liner, Berlin
Cargo Liner 1 (1973), Cargo Liner, Berlin
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Cargo Liner V (1975), Cargo Liner Bereederungs Ges./ Berlin
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Revenue management in liner shipping
Liner shipping connectivity as determinant of trade
Cargo Liner IV (1974), Cargo Liner, Berlin
Cargo Liner III (1974), Cargo Liner, Berlin
Cargo Liner II (1974), Cargo Liner, Berlin
Cargo Liner VI (1975), Cargo Liner, Berlin
Cargo Liner II (1974), Cargo Liner, Berlin
Cargo Liner 1 (1973), Cargo Liner, Berlin
Cargo Liner 1 (1973), Cargo Liner, Berlin
Cargo Liner V (1975), Cargo Liner Bereederungs Ges./ Berlin
Cargo Liner V (1975), Cargo Liner Bereederungs Ges./ Berlin
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Revenue management in liner shipping