A Study of the Competition and Cooperation on Container Transportation between Shanghai Port and Ningbo-Zhoushan Port in the Age of Big Bridge: From the Perspective of Game Theory

Many of the container sources´ hinterlands of Shanghai Port and Ningbo-Zhoushan Port are overlapping, so there´s no doubt that the competition between the two ports is very fierce. This paper first analyzes Zhoushan and Hangzhou Bay Crossing Sea Bridges´ influence on the container transportation of Shanghai and Ningbo-Zhoushan Ports and then studies the issue of competition and cooperation of the two ports´ container transportation from the perspective of game theory. At last, this paper discusses the strategies of cooperation between Shanghai and Ningbo-Zhoushan Ports in container transportation.