Determinants of port centrality in maritime container transportation

Wang, Yuhong; Cullinane, Kevin

Abstract

This paper adapts Freeman’s measures of degree, closeness and betweenness centrality and applies them to assessing: port centrality in relation to direct connectivity; accessibility to all ports in the network (direct and indirect routes) and; as an intermediary between other ports. An additional parameter added to the formulae ensures that the relative importance of available shipping capacity and foreland market coverage are also accounted for. Validation of this adapted measure is provided by the results obtained from an empirical application. These reveal that foreland market coverage exerts a particularly strong influence on a port’s demand and closeness centrality

Citation

Wang, Y., & Cullinane, K. (2016). Determinants of port centrality in maritime container transportation. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 95, 326-340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2016.04.002

• Journal Article Type: Conference Paper
• Conference Name: International Conference on Global Integration of Economies and Connectivity Development
• Acceptance Date: Apr 11, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Apr 25, 2016
• Publication Date: 2016-11
• Deposit Date: Jul 31, 2015
• Journal: Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
• Print ISSN: 1366-5545
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 95
• Pages: 326-340
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2016.04.002
• Keywords: Port centrality; Degree; Closeness; Betweenness; Weighted network
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/8924
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2016.04.002
• Additional Information: International Conference on Global Integration of Economies and Connectivity Development, 31 Aug- 1 Sept. 2015