Verschuur, J., Koks, E.E. & Hall, J.W. Ports’ criticality in international trade and global supply-chains. Nat Commun – Junxi QU

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Verschuur, J., Koks, E.E. & Hall, J.W. Ports’ criticality in international trade and global supply-chains. Nat Commun

Objective:

Present a new modelling framework that provides a comprehensive understanding of the different dimensions of the criticality of ports for domestic and global economies

Case:

Global countries, ports

Methodology:

OxMarTrans Model: route choice
Modal split

Data Source

BACI trade database
Modal: UN Comtrade
MRIO: EORA
PortInteruption

Findings:

The share of maritime in global trade is about 75% in terms of weight and 50% in terms of value in 2015; differences exist across sectors

Low-income countries import on average 1.5 times more by means of maritime transport compared to high-income countries

Coding Reference:

Python