Assessing the impact of the maritime silk road

The plans for the Maritime Silk Road affect the existing liner services. The purpose of this paper is to quantify using the terms of network theory the impact of these plans and to project the effects on the fleet, utilization, port throughput, and carbon footprint. The analysis is based on publicly...

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Main Authors: Orestis Schinas, Arnd Graf von Westarp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-09-01
Series:Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S246801331730058X