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Analysis of liner shipping networks and transshipment flows of potential hub ports in sub-Saharan Africa
Kim, H.-J.; Lam, J.S.L.; Lee, P.T.-W. (2018). Analysis of liner shipping networks and transshipment flows of potential hub ports in sub-Saharan Africa. Transp. Policy 69: 193-206. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2018.05.018
In: Transport Policy. Elsevier: Oxford. ISSN 0967-070X; e-ISSN 1879-310X, more
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Keyword
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    Sub-Saharan Africa; Liner shipping network; Transshipment; Container hub port; Maritime Silk Road; Belt and Road Initiative
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  • Kim, H.-J.
  • Lam, J.S.L., more
  • Lee, P.T.-W.
Abstract
    Owing to growing economic growth in tandem with regional economic developments on the route connecting Asia and sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), several countries in the SSA region such as South Africa have been developing container ports. This paper analyzes potential trunk line routes and transshipment flows that could be captured by potential hub ports in the SSA region. To this end, integer programing models are developed to represent liner shipping networks in the SSA region and a wide variety of numerical experiments based on realistic data are conducted for the SSA-Europe and SSA-Asia trade routes. This paper draws various meaningful policy and managerial implications through scenario analyses such as the effects of network evolution, different vessel sizes and speeds, carbon taxes and insights in association with the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road initiated by China.
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