关键词: 港内竞争与合作, 腹地和转运集装箱业务, 非合作博弈, 码头拥堵投资

Abstract: In recent years, a large number of joint venture terminals established in China, with the separation of ownership and management of container terminals, as well as deregulated port service charges constantly, in order to compete for market share, competition among container terminals in one port area is more and more obvious and intense. Applying the game theory to study the competition and cooperation between two container terminals in the same port area. In consideration of easing the internal congestion of terminals for capacity investment, this paper discusses the capacity investment strategy and service pricing strategy of the import, export and transshipment containers in the hinterland of the two terminals in the same port area, and compares the throughput and profit. This paper finds that：（1）Terminal capacity investment has a positive impact on both the hinterland and transshipment container business, and their respective throughputs increase as the degree of investment increases, and poor infrastructure terminal will be more inclined to capacity investment. （2）Whether to choose the cooperation or increase the investment degree of the terminal, the increase of profit in transshipment container business is greater than in the hinterland container market. （3）After the cooperation, terminals choose the appropriate investment degree, which can greatly improve its overall profit, and the profit of the two terminals is more balanced, avoiding the vicious competition in one port area.

Key words: port competition and cooperation, hinterland and transshipment container business, non-cooperative game, terminal congestion investment