The Optimal Step Toll Scheme for Heavily Congested Ports

Authors

Chen-Hsiu Laih, Associate Professor, Chairperson, Department of Merchant Marine, National Taiwan Ocean University, 2, Pei-Ning Road, Keelung, Taiwan.Follow
Kuang-Che Hung, Graduate Student, Master Program in Department of Merchant Marine, National Taiwan Ocean University, 2, Pei-Ning Road, Keelung, Taiwan. E-mail: m91710005@mail.ntou.edu.tw.

Abstract

This paper considers the time cost incurred when a container ship is queuing to enter a port and when a container ship arrives at the port ahead of or behind the scheduled time. With this regard, we derive a series of the optimal congestion toll scheme, in order to eliminate or decrease the port congestion. By means of collecting congestion tolls, container ships’ departure schedules can be rationally altered, and consequently disperse container ships’ arrival times at the destination port as well as eliminate or decrease container ships’ queuing times for port entry. Next, we use the sense of economic equilibrium to derive the consequent changes of container ships’ departure schedules after collecting congestion tolls. These results help predict ship owners’ departure behaviors under the optimal step toll scheme.

Recommended Citation

Laih, Chen-Hsiu and Hung, Kuang-Che (2004) "The Optimal Step Toll Scheme for Heavily Congested Ports," Journal of Marine Science and Technology: Vol. 12: Iss. 1, Article 3.
DOI: 10.51400/2709-6998.2216
Available at: https://jmstt.ntou.edu.tw/journal/vol12/iss1/3