Analysis of the Global Maritime Transportation System and Its Resilience

Abstract

The global maritime transportation system carries more than 90% of the foreign trade of the U.S. and many other industrial nations. The loss of a port or the blockade of a canal can cause serious economic consequences, particularly when prearranged deliveries cannot reach their destinations or have to take long detours. Therefore, the efficiency and operability of the global economy highly depends on the resilience of this system. In this thesis, we analyze the maritime transportation system as a network consisting of container ports, maritime chokepoints and transportation routes between them. We apply the methods and metrics of the network science to find the most central nodes. Furthermore, we formulate a multi-commodity linear optimization model and perform an analysis on different scenarios involving the interdiction of one or more container ports or chokepoints. We contrast the results afforded by the two perspectives. In addition, we evaluate the potential effect of increasing capacity on the arctic sea routes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2017
Accession Number
AD1046371

Entities

People

  • Daniel Funk

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Mathematics
  • Commerce
  • Flow Network
  • Geography
  • Linear Programming
  • Marine Transportation
  • Mathematical Programming
  • Network Science
  • North America
  • Operations Research
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Topography
  • Transportation
  • Transportation Infrastructure
  • United States
  • Web Browsers

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Operations Research
  • Strategic Security Studies