BUILDING A DATASET FOR BILATERAL MARITIME CONNECTIVITY

Marco Fugazza (), Jan Hoffmann and Rado Razafinombana

No 61, UNCTAD Blue Series Papers from United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

Abstract: This paper presents a unique database reporting the shortest liner shipping routes between any pair of countries for a reference sample of 178 countries over the 2006–2012 period. Computed maritime distances are retrieved using an original database containing all existing direct liner shipping connections between pairs of countries and the corresponding sea distance. The number of transhipments necessary to connect any country pair to allow for containerizable trade is also retrieved. The contribution of this database is threefold. First, it is expected to be a useful tool for a better appreciation of transport costs and access to regular container shipping services and their impact on trade. Secondly, as presented in this paper, it helps to describe and analyse the structure of the existing global network of liner shipping services for containerizable trade, i.e. most international trade in manufactured goods. Finally, our database is expected to facilitate the construction of a bilateral liner shipping connectivity index building on UNCTAD’s original work.

Date: 2014
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