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

Table 5

The betweenness centrality for each port.

The port code	Port	Betweenness centrality
v118	Fremantle Port	6431.97
v35	Aden Port	5826.28
v14	Singapore Port	5088.82
v144	Panama City Port	4863.39
v125	New York Port	4716.63
v114	Cape Town Port	4706.16
v143	Colon Port	4501.09
v3	Hong Kong	4325.15
v104	Nouakchott Port	3762.52
v154	Santos Port	3721.93
v70	Piraeus Port Terminal	3403.56
v80	Cherchell Port	3346.09
v83	Por Said Port	2850.96
v32	Jeddah	2547.05
v81	Suez Port	2532.32
v134	Santo Domingo Port	2371.64
v68	The Port of Gibraltar	2170.51
v107	Walvis Port	2156.25
v26	Mumbai Port	2135.30
v17	Gwadar Port	2059
v109	Sao Tome and Principe Port	1956.94
v24	Colombo Port	1862.11
v102	Tangier Port	1858.771
v130	Montreal Port	1839.79
v71	Wado Port	1558.43
v37	Jakarta-Kariburu	1515.73
v28	Istanbul Port	1492
v79	Tunisia Port	1479.56
v150	Punta Arenas Port	1458.78
v140	Cabesas Port	1427.31
v132	Pilon port	1356.69
v47	London Port	1351.42
v18	Yokohama Port	1254.07
v39	Tanjung Priok	1235.17
v16	Abu Dhabi Port	1085.33
v54	The Kingdom of Denmark	1083.86
v99	Monrovia Port	1076.67
v1	Shanghai Port	1074.54
v34	Salalah Port	1073.07
v115	Durban Port	1047.97
v135	Port-au-Prince	836.05
v131	Havana Port	782.24
v155	St Louis Port	757.51
v152	Buenos Aires Port	674.36
v49	Le Havre Port	570.08
v48	Liverpool Port	554.59
v66	Zebrukh Port	530.32
v153	Paranagua Port	515.64
v29	Qishm	506
v113	Berbera Port	432.03
v116	Darwin Port	414.89
v98	Dakar Port	405.60
v33	Doha Port	400.67
v30	The Port of Chahbahar	394.67
v59	Vladivostok Port	381.27
v117	Melbourne Port	375.67
v141	San Jose Port	370.95
v60	Murmansk Port	369.73
v145	Cali Port	359.73
v12	Kuala Selangor	347.00
v2	Guangzhou Port	320.10
v149	San Diego Port	318.28
v75	Durres Port	299.52
v97	Tamataf Port	295.74
v88	Pointe Noire Port	272.74
v96	Mombasa Port	255.33
v111	Dar es Saalam Port	253.41
v106	Maputo Port	216.67
v20	Busan	212.17
v119	Newcastle Port	210.52
v84	Luanda Port	201.06
v13	Penang Port	193.72
v147	Guayaquil Port	173.53
v8	Bangkok Port	172.66
v53	Oslo Port	170.08
v103	Dakhla Port	161.42
v133	Kingston Harbor	151.63
v148	Kayao Port	151.39
v4	Kaohsiung Port	147.902
v95	Abidjan Port	137.31
v112	Tripoli Port	136.92
v151	La Guaira Port	134.38
v91	Boke Terminal	133.99
v11	Melaka Gateway	129.34
v92	Conakry Port	117.8
v90	Djibouti Port	111.56
v82	Damietta Port	102.8
v15	Manila Port	100.04
v87	Masawa Port	91.45
v5	Hanoi Port	89.57
v6	Da Nang	87.97
v62	Sochi Port	77
v64	Port of Amsterdam	75.59
v41	Batumi Port	75
v77	Odessa Port	75
v78	Varna Port	75
v128	Vancouver Port	72.38
v43	Nicosia Port	64.60
v72	San Marino Port	61.73
v138	Honduras Port	58.97
v121	Wellington Port	55.77
v7	Sihanoukville	49.75
v10	Kuantan Port	49.75
v67	Valencia Port	46.27
v50	Marseille Port	44.04
v46	Hamburg Hafen	38.64
v129	Churchill Port	34.24
v110	Sudan Port	33.85
v146	Barranquilla Port	29.047
v142	Puerto limon	28.57
v73	Reykjavík Port	23.04
v127	New Orleans Port	22.08
v100	Gentil Port	11.41
v124	Veracruz Port	7.36
v137	Puerto Barrios Port	7.36
v63	Port of Rotterdam	5.33
v120	Lae Port	3.83
v122	Suva Port	3.83
v105	Beira Port	3.67
v9	Laem Chabang	3
v42	Kuwait Port	3
v89	Matadi Port	2.75
v93	Tema Port	2.67
v52	Hammerforst Port	2.57
v38	Jambi International Port	2.33
v22	Chattogram Port	2
v27	Chennai Port	2
v76	Constanta Port	2
v85	Bata Port	1.83
v123	Manzanillo Port	1.79
v139	Managua Port	1.79
v126	Port of Long Beach, Los Angeles	1.186
v23	Kyaukpyu Port	1
v40	Jerusalem Port	1
v45	Lattakia Port	1
v86	Lome Port	1
v94	Kribi Port	1
v101	Cotonou Port	1
v108	Lagos Tingcan Port	1
v136	Guatemala Port	0.79
v31	Dammam Port	0.67
v44	Basrah Port	0.67
v19	Chongjin Port	0