Abstract
We empirically test the relationship between containership delay and expected terminal congestion, based on information on 352 containership arrivals during a 9 months period at 7 terminals of 3 North American ports. We find that containership delay is negatively correlated with the scheduled operation volumes in a terminal in the immediate future after its scheduled berthing window. Moreover, we find that the more containers a ship needs to unload in the terminal, the less likely that it would delay. These results confirm that liners make strategic adjustment when facing the trade-off between delay cost and cost of schedule recovery.
Full Text
Published Version
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