Structure, conduct and performance on the major liner shipping routes 1 |
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Authors: | Jasmine S. L. Lam Wei Yim Yap Kevin Cullinane |
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Affiliation: | a Maritime Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singaporeb Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, Singaporec Transport Research Institute, Napier University, UK |
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Abstract: | Market concentration on the major container shipping routes has the potential to reduce contestability, impede effective competition and, as a consequence, inhibit the positive relationship between trade and economic growth. This development could also hamper the ability of economic regions to realize their respective competitive and comparative advantages. Within this context, the structure-conduct-performance (SCP) framework is used to analyse liner shipping dynamics in the transpacific, Europe-Far East and transatlantic trade routes. The analysis finds no conclusive evidence that either the increased concentration of slot capacity or the attempts by shipping lines to boost potential slot capacity (mainly through collaborative arrangements) lead to improved financial performance. The paper concludes that, despite high and increasing concentration among carriers on each of the trade routes analysed, these markets remain contestable. |
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