The geography of maritime networks: A critical review

C Ducruet - Journal of Transport Geography, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite early cartographical and graph-theoretical analyses of maritime flows in the 1940s
and 1960s, it is only from the 2000s onwards that maritime network analysis had grown …

From hierarchy to networking: The evolution of the “twenty-first-century Maritime Silk Road” container shipping system

L Wang, Y Zhu, C Ducruet, M Bunel, Y Lau - Transport Reviews, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Container shipping gives a rise of international trade since the 1960s. Based on navigation
data start from the mid-1990s to 2016, this paper empirically analyses the spatial pattern of …

Identifying important ports in maritime container shipping networks along the Maritime Silk Road

C Wan, Y Zhao, D Zhang, TL Yip - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Ports, as the main components of global maritime transportation, have attracted attention
from both industry and academia in relation to their safety management. Identifying the …

The worldwide maritime network of container shipping: spatial structure and regional dynamics

C Ducruet, T Notteboom - Global networks, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Port and maritime studies dealing with containerization have observed traffic concentration
and dispersion throughout the world. Globalization, intermodal transportation, and …

Analysis of the air cargo transport network using a complex network theory perspective

A Bombelli, BF Santos, L Tavasszy - Transportation Research Part E …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present a complex network analysis of the air transport network using the
air cargo, instead of the passenger, perspective. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first …

Knowledge mapping analysis of resilient shipping network using CiteSpace

J Chen, X Liu, S Zhou, J Kang - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2023 - Elsevier
The concept of resilience has been mentioned in many fields in recent years. In a broad
sense, resilience refers to coping with risks. It generally refers to the system's ability to …

Potential spatial effects of opening Arctic shipping routes on the shipping network of ports between China and Europe

J Guo, S Guo, J Lv - Marine Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
More recently, the accelerated melting of sea ice and the trial operation of container liners in
the Arctic have accelerated the opening of Arctic shipping routes (ASR), while providing a …

Maritime degree, centrality and vulnerability: port hierarchies and emerging areas in containerized transport (2008–2010)

FG Laxe, MJF Seoane, CP Montes - Journal of Transport Geography, 2012 - Elsevier
The reaction to the financial and economic crisis has shown a new redesign of scenarios
taking into account the changes made by maritime companies choosing different ports. In …

Ports in multi-level maritime networks: Evidence from the Atlantic (1996–2006)

C Ducruet, C Rozenblat, F Zaidi - Journal of Transport geography, 2010 - Elsevier
While maritime transport ensures about 90% of world trade volumes, it has not yet attracted
as much attention as other transport systems from a graph perspective. As a result, the …

An eigenvector centrality analysis of world container shipping network connectivity

KF Cheung, MGH Bell, JJ Pan, S Perera - Transportation Research Part E …, 2020 - Elsevier
Container shipping accounts for most of the world merchandise trade. Better maritime
connectivity leads to lower freight rates and greater economic growth. This paper presents a …