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SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN AND BLACK SEA STUDIES
Volume 23, Issue 1, Pages 61-88Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/14683857.2022.2096203
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Black Sea economic cooperation; marine trade; social network analysis
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This paper investigates the crucial role of marine trade in Southeast Europe, reveals the main characteristics and integrating role of ports, analyzes the international networks of ports, and identifies some prominent ports. These ports play an important role in directing foreign trade and marine traffic, and promoting economic cooperation in the region.
This paper aims to (i) investigate the crucial role of marine trade, (ii) reveal the main characteristics and the integrating role of ports, (iii) analyse the networks of ports serving at the international level, produce route maps, and examine transportation corridors affecting the BSEC region that constitutes a significant part of Southeast Europe. In this context, we have carried out the social network analysis (SNA), which allows an understanding of the network structure, social dynamics, trends, and the actors' effects in the network. According to SNA, Romania - Constanta Port, Bulgaria - Burgas Port, Ukraine - Chornomorsk Port, Russian Federation - Novorossiysk Port, Georgia - Batumi Port, and Turkey - Samsunport are the most prominent ports of the region. Due to the features they have and their involvement in international transportation projects, the ports are a tool for directing/accelerating foreign trade and marine traffic and developing economic cooperation between countries in the Black Sea Region.
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