Anti-monopoly Regulation Research Of Liner Shipping Joint Operation

There are more and more frequent joint actions between liner shipping companies in recent years, just from 2014, from P3 union to the 2M,03, G6 and CKYHE alliances, the pattern of the global shipping market is always changing, making the shipper worry about the monopoly in liner shipping market because of the joint operation. In reaction to the phenomenon, this article will introduce joint operations between liner shipping companies, such as consortium and alliance. Given to the absence regulation about shipping joint operation monopoly in our country, to solve the concern of shippers and other parties, protect relevant parties’benefit, develop the shipping market of our country, set up the system of anti-monopoly in liner shipping joint operation, the article will analyze the background theory in anti-monopoly, compare the shipping anti-monopoly regulation and liner shipping joint operation regulation of European Union and America, set up the standard of monopoly and the system of anti-monopoly, and give the advice to regulate monopoly actions and precaution relevant joint operations.The article includes five parts:The first part introduces the different definitions of liner shipping joint operation in educational circles, analyzes the official definition by European Union, America and China. Then introduce the joint operation in the article, which includes consortium and alliance.The second part introduces the background theory in anti-monopoly law, including structuralism of Harvard School, efficiency doctrine of Chicago school and the strategic theory.The third part will analyze the background theory of European Union and America in shipping anti-monopoly, combine the relevant regulation of our country, give suggestions to set up liner shipping monopoly standard of our country.The fourth part and the fifth part introduce the liner shipping joint operation regulation in European Union and America, from which finding the shortage of our country’s liner shipping joint operation regulation, then give suggestions to build liner shipping joint operation regulation of our country, set up legal system and regulatory system of liner shipping joint operation, give the advice to regulate monopoly actions and precaution relevant joint operations.