A Review of Potential Tsunami Impacts to the Suez Canal

Finkl, Charles W.; Pelinovsky, Efim; Cathcart, Richard B.

doi:10.2112/jcoastres-d-12a-00002.1

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“…Studies on the vulnerability of the container liner shipping network have mainly included definitions of and quantification methods for container liner shipping network vulnerability (Manzano et al 2014;Reggiani, Nijkamp, and Lanzi 2015), using targeted link disruption to investigate network vulnerability (Viljoen and Joubert 2016), along with port hierarchical structure analysis (Laxe, Seoane, and Montes 2012). Studies on network connectivity have mainly focused on ports and channels, and have included determinants of port centrality (Wang and Cullinane 2016), the spatial structure and regional dynamics of ports (Ducruet and Notteboom 2012), evaluation methods for port importance and connectivity (Bartholdi, Jarumaneeroj, and Ramudhin 2016;Cullinane and Wang 2012), the logistical gravity model for investigating the logistical connections among various ports (Wei, Sheng, and Lee 2018), the strategic network model for predicting the container flow pattern after significant events (Lin and Huang 2017), risk assessment for channel security (Finkl, Pelinovsky, and Cathcart 2012;Raymond 2006), and the effect of the Suez Canal and Panama Canal on the connectivity of marine networks (Ducruet, 2016;Kolzsch and Blasius 2011).…”

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Vulnerability analysis of global container shipping liner network based on main channel disruption

Wang

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Maritime Policy & Management

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The Malacca Strait, the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal play an important role in the global container shipping. To study the impact of main channel interruption on the container shipping, we analysed statistical data on all routes operated by the top 100 global container liner companies and constructed a network model. We selected four topological metrics to measure the network's connectivity and used the network weekly total shipping capacity and average shortest shipping time to measure the network's transportation capacity and transportation time. The interruption of the main channel is simulated, and the changes in the metrics are analysed. The results indicated that the network's vulnerability is sensitive to main channel interruption. If the Malacca Strait is interrupted, the network's prosperity degree fall by almost half and the network's transportation time increase by more than a quarter if the Suez Canal is interrupted. In addition, East Asian and European container liner shipping have more than 50% dependence on the Malacca Strait and the Suez Canal. Moreover, the container transport time between ports in East Asia, Europe, and North America and the rest of the world increases by an average of 4-9 days in the main channel interruption.

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Vulnerability analysis of global container shipping liner network based on main channel disruption

Wang

et al. 2019

Maritime Policy & Management

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“…Discussed in only 1.5% of the analyzed articles, this group of marine geohazard was related to: (1) coastal cliff and sandy shore erosion and retreat [15,[176][177][178][179][180], (2) the processes of evolving canyons, slumps, and submarine landslides [13,181,182], and (3) coastal areas subject to possible tsunamis [183][184][185]. Tsunamis, beyond their obvious role in the tsunami hazard, can cause significant changes in the coastal morphology and/or the coastline and, therefore, have implications in the processes of erosion, transportation, and coastal sedimentation, which leads to modifications in the erosion hazard and morphology of the coastal zone [184].…”

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Marine Geohazards: A Bibliometric-Based Review

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Marine geohazard research has developed during recent decades, as human activities intensified towards deeper waters. Some recent disastrous events (e.g., the 2004 Indian Ocean and 2011 Japan tsunamis) highlighted geohazards socioeconomic impacts. Marine geohazards encompass an extensive list of features, processes, and events related to Marine Geology. In the scientific literature there are few systematic reviews concerning all of them. Using the search string ‘geohazard*’, this bibliometric-based review explored the scientific databases Web of Science and Scopus to analyze the evolution of peer-reviewed scientific publications and discuss trends and future challenges. The results revealed qualitative and quantitative aspects of 183 publications and indicated 12 categories of hazards, the categories more studied and the scientific advances. Interdisciplinary surveys focusing on the mapping and dating of past events, and the determination of triggers, frequencies, and current perspectives of occurrence (risk) are still scarce. Throughout the upcoming decade, the expansion and improvement of seafloor observatories’ networks, early warning systems, and mitigation plans are the main challenges. Hazardous marine geological events may occur at any time and the scientific community, marine industry, and governmental agencies must cooperate to better understand and monitor the processes involved in order to mitigate the resulting unpredictable damages.

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