The objective of this paper is to illustrate behavioural aspects and a collaborative Delphi-based planning approach in the
maritime transport chain. Therefore, this paper analyses changes in behavioural routines and governance structures in the maritime
transport chain using a case study that depicts mutual projections of expected container transhipment moderated by a neutral third for
reducing the uncertainty in planning within the whole maritime transport chain. The actors’ different views on container transport are
collected and directly confronted to an expert panel showing bounded rationality and thus asymmetric information can be circumvented.
The planning approach shows how actors’ different internal planning can be improved and evident to the market. The whole maritime
transport chain expects the future development in container transport which can be given by using collaborative Delphi-based planning.
As a result, an overall picture for planning issues can be constituted, improving both individual planning of the actors and expected
market growth.