The dynamics of the Collaborative Maritime Transportation

A model is presented to analyse the systemic effects of collaboration among manufacturing industries that use maritime transportation for export purposes. A study was conducted about System Dynamics (SD). The proposed model analysed the systemic effects from the collaborative policies of manufacturing industries, which increase bargaining power when the industries are allied to each other and can reduced maritime freight rates. This work contributed to elucidate the importance of using an interdisciplinary approach to address problems in maritime transportation.