Maritime Network Analysis: Connectivity and Spatial Distribution

Abstract

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Empirical Analysis of the Cruise Shipping Network in Asia

“…This approach has been applied by many scholars to analyse many transport networks, such as Isaksen [45], Wang et al [46], Soh et al [47], Dai et al [48], Bombelli et al [49] and Hussain and Fusté-Forné [50]. Complex network analysis has also been used to analyse maritime transport networks, such as Hu and Zhu [51], Tsiotas and Polyzos [52], Ducruet [53], Tsiotas et al [37], Kanrak and Nguyen [13], Ducruet et al [54], Kanrak et al [35], Kanrak and Nguyen [33] and Gou and Wang [38]. In this study, analysis is conducted both at the network and port levels.…”

Validation and Application of the Accu-Waves Operational Platform for Wave Forecasts at Ports

“…The main selection criteria of the case study port areas within the proposed Accu-Waves OFP comprise their commercial importance and high significance of maritime transport services, their shipping traffic load, and the global navigational correspondence of port-visiting vessels (Figure 1) [65]. These refer to almost all large ship types, such as bulk (cargo) carriers, container ships, cruisers, ocean liners, roll-on/roll-off (ro/ro) vessels, tankers, etc.…”

“…Our perspective was that at least one representative vessel per aforementioned category of ships is visiting the chosen ports on a recurring (minimum weekly or monthly) schedule in order for a port to be included in our OFP. Details on a maritime network analysis, based on connectivity and spatial distribution of port locations and inter-port shipping flows, can be found in [65] for the European maritime grid until 2017 (up-to-date datasets for the start of Accu-Waves in 2018 were available to the project's members). The list of 50 ports selected for the Accu-Waves application is provided in Table 1.…”