Abstract
Congestion before the Three Gorges Dam has been an obstacle to the sustainable development of the Yangtze River. Water–land transshipment can be a better way to alleviate congestion. Consequently, the government started to offer subsidies to evacuate ships’ traffic flow through transshipment despite that it increases environmental pollution. In this paper, we analyze the effects of subsidies on carriers’ adoption behavioral strategies, congestion and transshipment on the environment, and subsidies on pricing considering environmental emissions. Two different models are constructed, and a simulation analysis is carried out with different scenarios by varying the values of different parameters. The results show that subsidies can affect carriers’ behavioral strategies. Both lockage and transshipment modes can increase environmental emissions. Pricing under the subsidy scenario can be more competitive with profit maximization. The results offer important implications to policymakers, carriers, shippers.
Highlights
Yangtze River, known as Golden Channel in China, plays an important role in inland waterway transportation and is characterized by its large channel capacity, low transportation cost, and environment-friendliness
The Three Gorges Dam (TGD), which is located in the upper stream of the Yangtze River, has brought many benefits such as power generation, flood prevention, and navigation capacity [2]
It has become a bottleneck due to the growing traffic volume of inland ships and insufficient navigation capacity of the lockage. This has hindered the sustainable development of inland waterway transportation on the Yangtze River
Summary
Yangtze River, known as Golden Channel in China, plays an important role in inland waterway transportation and is characterized by its large channel capacity, low transportation cost, and environment-friendliness. The Three Gorges Dam (TGD), which is located in the upper stream of the Yangtze River, has brought many benefits such as power generation, flood prevention, and navigation capacity [2]. It has become a bottleneck due to the growing traffic volume of inland ships and insufficient navigation capacity of the lockage. The Three Gorges Dam (TGD), which is located in the upper stream of the Yangtze River, has brought many benefits such as power generation, flood prevention, and navigation capacity [2] since commencing.
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
