Ports in a World Maritime System: A Multilevel Analysis

This chapter proposes an analysis of worldwide inter-port shipping flows from a strength-clustering perspective. A variety of factors seem to explain the formation of clusters: geographic proximity among closely located ports (i.e., maritime regions), trade proximity (corridors) and historical path-dependency (long-term ties) among more distant ports. Because those factors have not been previously directly tested, this chapter paves the way for further research on the geographic and economic relevance of clusters in the network analysis of shipping flows.

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