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An Economic Analysis and Study of the Ocean Liner Shipping Industry in Response to the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998
Vol.1, pp.48-55
Autumn 2001
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/31
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to determine how small, medium and large shippers react to changes in the ocean-liner shipping industry under the Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA) of 1998. The focus is on the importance of negotiating contracts with carriers and the choice to use either a shipper's own leverage or the leverage of a third-party agent. I hypothesize that large shippers wi11 be more supportive of OSRA when negotiating favorable rates than small shippers. Data were collected from a wide variety of companies that ship from Pacific Coast ports to Asia. Our analysis implies that OSRA forces shippers to rely on their own clout or that of a third-party agent to gain desirable service contracts. Finally, the research describes desirable shipments from the perspectives of both carriers and the shippers.
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- Title
- An Economic Analysis and Study of the Ocean Liner Shipping Industry in Response to the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998
- Creators
- Sylvia L. Mendez (Author)
- Contributors
- Frederick S Inaba (Other) - Washington State University, Economic Sciences, School of
- Publication Details
- Vol.1, pp.48-55
- Academic Unit
- McNair Journal
- Publisher
- Washington State University. Graduate School. McNair Program.
- Identifiers
- 99900502238201842
- Copyright
- In copyright ; openAccess ; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ ; http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article