Proceedings of ICLT 2017
ASSESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF ASIAN PORTS BY APPLYING SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS
Nikola KUTIN; Marie-Sabine SAGET And Thomas
LEMNA, University of Nantes, France; National University of Management, Cambodia
International Conference on Logistics & Transport 2017, Bangkok, Thailand, pp. 89-103
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Abstract
The paper aims to analyze the characteristics of the containerized maritime routes between 153 ports. For this purpose, a network analysis was conducted. A particular attention has been paid to the 78 major Asian ports in the sample, 36 out of which are among the ASEAN designated container ports. We have created three networks. The first two are related to the maritime network between the ports at a port and at a country level, while the third one is an Asian trade export network at a country level. The study shows that among the 10 highest ranked ports based on degree, betweenness and closeness centralities, eight are from Asia. This indicates a high risk of congestion which is confirmed by the high bottleneck scores of the Asian ports. In the maritime network, we have identified a cluster composed of 34 countries from all regions, which means that the countries’ trade interactions are no longer defined by the geographical position of their ports. The maritime network of Asian countries has a scale-free structure with a relatively high density whereas the Asian trade network is characterized by a clique structure. Finally, the regional integration was found to be stronger within the trade country network, this is especially true for ASEAN+3 states.
Keywords
Network theory; Asian ports; ASEAN states; trade network; maritime port network
Citation
Nikola KUTIN; Marie-Sabine SAGET And Thomas (2017). ASSESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF ASIAN PORTS BY APPLYING SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS. Proceedings of the International Conference on Logistics & Transport (ICLT 2017), Bangkok, Thailand, pp. 89-103.