Selecting the Strategic Port of “the Belt and Road” Based on the Global Network

Table 2

The number of ports crossed by the shortest path (ports with values equal to 0 are not listed in the table; they can be searched or downloaded from the following link: https://doi.org/10.4121/14298851).

Rank	The port code	Name of Port	The number of ports crossed by the shortest path
1	v70	Piraeus Port Terminal	8032
2	v35	Aden Port	7738
3	v83	Por Said Port	7440
4	v80	Cherchell Port	7186
5	v81	Suez Port	6992
6	v79	Tunisia Port	6636
7	v32	Jeddah	6602
8	v26	Mumbai Port	4842
9	v24	Colombo Port	4768
10	v68	The Port of Gibraltar	4064
11	v14	Singapore Port	4038
12	v102	Tangier Port	3872
13	v98	Dakar Port	3498
14	v144	Panama City Port	3338
15	v13	Penang Port	3322
15	v91	Boke Terminal	3322
17	v143	Colon Port	3242
18	v92	Conakry Port	3150
19	v11	Melaka Gateway	3148
20	v12	Kuala Selangor	3108
21	v99	Monrovia Port	3062
22	v130	Montreal Port	3038
23	v95	Abidjan Port	2716
24	v3	Hong Kong	2608
25	v134	Santo Domingo Port	2556
26	v49	Le Havre Port	2127
27	v125	New York Port	2112
28	v17	Gwadar Port	2058
29	v109	Sao Tome and Principe Port	2050
30	v103	Dakhla Port	1968
31	v104	Nouakchott Port	1950
32	v100	Gentil Port	1890
33	v88	Pointe Noire Port	1848
34	v89	Matadi Port	1792
35	v107	Walvis Port	1790
36	v113	Berbera Port	1754
37	v84	Luanda Port	1736
38	v34	Salalah Port	1712
39	v114	Cape Town Port	1634
40	v118	Fremantle Port	1568
41	v96	Mombasa Port	1554
42	v141	San Jose Port	1514
43	v28	Istanbul Port	1490
44	v66	Zebrukh Port	1485
45	v30	The Port of Chahbahar	1480
46	v111	Dar es Saalam Port	1374
47	v29	Qishm	1198
48	v135	Port-au-Prince	1184
49	v133	Kingston Harbor	1082
50	v115	Durban Port	1046
51	v105	Beira Port	1008
52	v63	Port of Rotterdam	940
53	v106	Maputo Port	912
54	v54	The Kingdom of Denmark	906
55	v20	Busan	890
56	v145	Cali Port	804
57	v4	Kaohsiung Port	760
58	v71	Wado Port	740
59	v117	Melbourne Port	688
60	v64	Port of Amsterdam	672
61	v131	Havana Port	646
62	v139	Managua Port	640
63	v18	Yokohama Port	632
64	v93	Tema Port	624
65	v53	Oslo Port	588
66	v46	Hamburg Hafen	560
67	v147	Guayaquil Port	552
68	v6	Da Nang	452
69	v86	Lome Port	422
70	v136	Guatemala Port	416
71	v37	Jakarta-Kariburu	372
72	v39	Tanjung Priok	364
73	v15	Manila Port	350
74	v132	Pilon Port	328
75	v60	Murmansk Port	324
75	v138	Honduras Port	324
77	v59	Vladivostok Port	312
78	v52	Hammerforst Port	308
79	v148	Kayao Port	306
80	v5	Hanoi Port	302
80	v33	Doha Port	302
80	v75	Durres Port	302
83	v78	Varna Port	300
84	v47	London Port	296
85	v73	Reykjavík Port	294
86	v9	Laem Chabang	280
87	v142	Puerto Limon	268
88	v119	Newcastle Port	240
89	v140	Cabesas Port	234
90	v10	Kuantan Port	230
91	v48	Liverpool Port	224
92	v23	Kyaukpyu Port	216
92	v101	Cotonou Port	216
94	v150	Punta Arenas Port	208
95	v2	Guangzhou Port	202
96	v123	Manzanillo Port	194
97	v43	Nicosia Port	172
98	v110	Sudan Port	170
98	v149	San Diego Port	170
100	v50	Marseille Port	154
101	v72	San Marino Port	152
102	v22	Chattogram Port	148
103	v67	Valencia Port	146
103	v112	Tripoli Port	146
105	v82	Damietta Port	132
105	v87	Massawa Port	132
107	v85	Bata Port	124
108	v116	Darwin Port	82
109	v8	Bangkok Port	66
110	v120	Lae Port	50
111	v7	Sihanoukville	8
111	v108	Lagos Tingcan Port	8
113	v62	Sochi Port	4
113	v94	Kribi Port	4
115	v31	Dammam Port	2
115	v40	Jerusalem Port	2
115	v42	Kuwait Port	2
115	v45	Lattakia Port	2
115	v76	Constanta Port	2
115	v137	Puerto Barrios Port	2