(4) Assessing the impact of the maritime silk road

Orestis Schinas ^{a , ∗} , Arnd Graf von Westarp ^b
a HSBA, Hamburg School of Business Administration, Germany, Alter Wall 38, Hamburg 20457, Germany

b Hamburg Süd, Willy-Brandt-Straße 59 - 65, 20457 Hamburg, Germay

Received 16 June 2017; accepted 8 August 2017
Available online 18 August 2017

Abstract
The plans for the Maritime Silk Road affect the existing liner services. The purpose of this paper is to quantify using the terms of network theory the impact of these plans and to project the effects on the fleet, utilization, port throughput, and carbon footprint. The analysis is based on publicly available information and reasonable fleet deployment assumptions. It also considers current and alternative routing schedules from Shanghai to Europe. The impact of existing and expected emission control areas (ECAs) along the port chains is also considered.
© 2017 Shanghai Jiaotong University. Published by Elsevier B.V.
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license. ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ )
Keywords: Maritime transportation; One Belt One Road (OBOR); Liner shipping; Environmental impact.