Comparative assessment of the cost of international transportation of cargo in containers
- Authors: Chechenova L.M.1, Zvonarev S.S.1
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Affiliations:
- Emperor Alexander I St. Petersburg State Transport University
- Issue: Vol 11, No 3 (2025)
- Pages: 522-532
- Section: Original studies
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/transj/article/view/328161
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/transsyst689784
- ID: 328161
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Abstract
Aim: to choose the optimal solution for the transportation of goods in containers, depending on the results of a comparative assessment of the cost of shipping containers for import/export by a leased vessel on a time charter or through a third-party organization.
Materials and methods: features of the regulation of freight forwarding activities, taking into account national and international legal norms by analyzing and sampling data; methodological approaches to estimating the cost of transporting cargo in containers; methods of comparative assessment of economic effects according to the «cost-benefit» scheme.
Results: the time spent on key container shipping routes in international traffic was determined; the cost of international cargo transportation by a third-party organization using its own and attracted containers was determined, taking into account the delivery time; the decision to carry out international container transportation by a leased vessel on time charter terms was justified; the economic effect of cargo transportation in a container by a leased vessel was determined on the terms of a time charter in comparison with shipping through a third-party organization.
Conclusion: the proposed solution will allow estimating the cost of international shipping in containers in order to select the most optimal option, which will have a direct impact on the tariff structure for transportation and ensure the growth of the revenue component of the forwarding company.
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L. M. Chechenova
Emperor Alexander I St. Petersburg State Transport University
Author for correspondence.
Email: liana1981-149@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2641-9454
SPIN-code: 7593-2214
Scopus Author ID: 57553177000
Dr. Sci. (Economics)
Russian Federation, St. PetersburgS. S. Zvonarev
Emperor Alexander I St. Petersburg State Transport University
Email: zvonarev1998@mail.ru
Economist at the Economics Department of Modul LLC
Russian Federation, St. PetersburgReferences
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