Highlights ► Complex networks can complement statistical approaches in Maritime Transport research. ► Global demand crisis has affected not only to the throughput but also to connectivity. ► Latin America and the West Coast of Africa are emergent areas of containerized activity.
Abstract The reaction to the financial and economic crisis has shown a new redesign of scenarios taking into account the changes made by maritime companies choosing different ports. In this research, containerized traffic evolution in 2008 and 2010 is described, both in big ports and geographic regions as from the emergent port activity areas. Database used is a sample of the world containership fleet movements that have called in some Chinese port in the years analysed. Calculus methodologies based on Graph Theory are applied to this set of data, able to give information about the global and local importance of a port given. Containerized goods transportation network have been contracted between 2008 and 2010 respect the port throughput, but there’s no contraction in the distribution capacity of the main hub ports, which seem to have adopted commercial diversification strategies and foreland expansion. On the other hand, port emergent regions placed in the entrance and exit of Panama Canal will have important business opportunities.
Maritime degree, centrality and vulnerability: port hierarchies and emerging areas in containerized transport (2008–2010)
Journal of Transport Geography ; 24 ; 33-44
2012-01-01
12 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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