Visualizing maritime connectivity at national level: the case of LSBCI links of West European countries

The Liner Shipping Bilateral Connectivity Index (LSBCI), proposed by UNCTAD1United Nations Conference on Trade and Development1, aims to measure the quality of maritime transport connections between countries. Although its main geographical scope is the developing world, it is increasingly used by scholars and practitioners within the context of developed countries. But its relevance and applicability remain to be assessed. As a first step in this direction, this paper proposes a visualization of the LSBCI based on Multi-Dimensional Scaling (MDS). The paper is focused on the connections of 10 West European countries among them and with the rest of the world. The MDS visualization clearly shows a core and a periphery in the containerized shipping network. While some proximities between countries can be explained by geographical proximity, others exclusively result from other factors such market structure and network considerations.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2021.10.001
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213624X21001632
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  • © 2021 World Conference on Transport Research Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Guerrero, David
  • Niérat, Patrick
  • Thill, Jean-Claude
  • Cohen, Emmanuel
• Publication Date: 2021-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1818-1824
• Serial:
  • Case Studies on Transport Policy
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 2213-624X
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/2213624X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Connectivity; Containerization; Water transportation
• Geographic Terms: Europe
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01785735
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 26 2021 11:14AM