Cooperation in the Collection and Distribution System of the Shanghai Port : Container Highway Transportation

Considering the container transportation, this paper analyzes the problems of cooperation in the highway in the collection and distribution system of Shanghai Port. We find that it is the lack of cooperation between the participants in the collection and distribution of Shanghai Port that caused the low efficiency of this mechanism, which hinders the development of hinterland. The reasons for cooperation obstacle contain "free rider" behavior, asymmetric information and the Government misbehavior, which causes that the cooperation does not arise spontaneously. Based on the conclusion, the article give the suggestion from the perspective of the Economics of Regulation, including that incentive mechanism, collective behavior, corporate alliances and the range of cooperation to strengthen the cooperative relationship between the participants and solve the existing problems.