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

Table 3

The results of the training grouping of the number of ports crossed by the shortest path (ports in the “inferior” group are not listed; specific and available data can be searched or downloaded from the Table Port Betweenness Centrality in the following link: https://doi.org/10.4121/14298851).

Strategic importance	The list of ports
“Superior” group (9)	Piraeus Port Terminal, Aden Port, Por Said Port, Cherchell Port, Suez Port, Tunisia Port, Jeddah, Mumbai Port, Colombo Port
“General” group (39)	The Port of Gibraltar, Singapore Port, Tangier Port, Dakar Port, Panama City Port, Yokohama port, Boke Terminal, Colon Port, Conakry Port, Melaka Gateway, Kuala Selangor, Monrovia Port, Montreal Port, Abidjan Port, Hong Kong, Santo Domingo Port, Le Havre Port, New York Port, Gwadar Port, Sao Tome and Principe Port, Dakhla Port, Nouakchott Port, Gentil Port, Pointe Noire Port, Matadi Port, Walvis Port, Berbera Port, Luanda Port, Salalah Port, Cape Town Port, Fremantle Port, Mombasa Port, San Jose Port, Istanbul Port, Zebrukh Port, the Port of Chahbahar, Dar es Saalam Port, Qishm, Port-au-Prince