Equipment manufacturers offer different types of maintenance service plans (MSPs) that delineate payment structures between equipment operators and maintenance service providers. These MSPs allocate risks differently and thus induce different kinds of incentives. A fundamental question,...

Managing shipping vessel profitability is a central problem in marine transportation. We consider two commonly used types of vessels - liners (ships whose routes are fixed in advance) and trampers (ships for which future route components are selected based on available shipping jobs) - and...