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The optimal toll scheme for ships queuing at the entrance of Panama Canal

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  • Chen-Hsiu Laih

    (Department of Merchant Marine, National Taiwan Ocean University, 2, Pei-Ning Road, Keelung, Taiwan. E-mails: chlaih@ntou.edu.tw; wasimogu:ntou.edu.tw)

  • Pey-Yuan Sun

    (Department of Merchant Marine, National Taiwan Ocean University, 2, Pei-Ning Road, Keelung, Taiwan. E-mails: chlaih@ntou.edu.tw; wasimogu:ntou.edu.tw)

Abstract

As the insufficiency of watercourses and the limitation of breadth are leading to long queues at Panama Canal, the plan of canal expansion is undertaken by the authorities to increase the service capacity. In order to avoid ships queuing at the entrance of the canal, this research establishes an optimal toll scheme, which will effectively disperse ship arrival times and eliminate long queues. The research shows all ship arrival rates at the entrance of canal before and after implementing the optimal toll scheme.

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  • Chen-Hsiu Laih & Pey-Yuan Sun, 2014. "The optimal toll scheme for ships queuing at the entrance of Panama Canal," Maritime Economics & Logistics, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), vol. 16(1), pages 20-32, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:marecl:v:16:y:2014:i:1:p:20-32
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    1. Deng, Yao & Sheng, Dian & Liu, Baoli, 2021. "Managing ship lock congestion in an inland waterway: A bottleneck model with a service time window," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 112(C), pages 142-161.

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