Mining maritime schedules for analysing global shipping networks

Shipping plays a vital role as trade facilitator in providing cost-efficient transportation. The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) reports that over 90% of the world trade volume is carried by merchant ships. The analysis of shipping networks therefore can create invaluable insight into glob...

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Main Authors: Doshi, Deepen, Malhotra, Baljeet, Bressan, Stéphane, Lam, Jasmine Siu Lee
Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2013
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/102139
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/16941
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:Shipping plays a vital role as trade facilitator in providing cost-efficient transportation. The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) reports that over 90% of the world trade volume is carried by merchant ships. The analysis of shipping networks therefore can create invaluable insight into global trade. In this paper we study the appropriateness of various graph centrality measures to rate, compare and rank ports from various perspectives of global shipping networks. In particular, we illustrate the potential of such analysis on the example of shipping networks constructed from the schedules, readily available on the World Wide Web, of six shipping companies that transport 35-40% of the total volume traded (in TEUs) worldwide.