This study aims to explore the impact of changing the number of shipping lines on ports' charges and profits. A two-stage non-cooperative game-theoretic model is developed with two ports and multiple identical shipping lines. At the first stage, the ports decide their container handling charges....

We study capacity decisions in a service environment with seasonal arrival rates and strategic customers. Due to seasonality, the firm uses a postponement strategy where compensation is given to the peak-time customers who cannot be served in the peak time and agree to delay service. We extend...