corridoR: Client for accessing real maritime distances between the different major ports of the planet
Although maritime transport has lost its importance for the transport of people, it has become the most important mode of transport for goods. Indeed, approximately 80% of global merchandise is traded by sea. As an essential part of international trade, commercial shipping relies on strategic trade...
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ftdatacite:10.6084/m9.figshare.16826563 2023-05-15T15:06:23+02:00 corridoR: Client for accessing real maritime distances between the different major ports of the planet Warin, Thierry 2021 https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16826563 https://figshare.com/articles/software/corridoR_Client_for_accessing_real_maritime_distances_between_the_different_major_ports_of_the_planet/16826563 unknown figshare MIT License https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT mit MIT 80403 Data Structures FOS Computer and information sciences Software SoftwareSourceCode article 2021 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16826563 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z Although maritime transport has lost its importance for the transport of people, it has become the most important mode of transport for goods. Indeed, approximately 80% of global merchandise is traded by sea. As an essential part of international trade, commercial shipping relies on strategic trade routes to move goods efficiently. corridoR is an R wrapper to illustrate the reality of world maritime trade by offering researchers and students access to real maritime distances between the different major ports of the planet. Too often, distances are calculated as the crow flies, but CorridoR uses existing sea routes to make its calculations. The corridoR project was also developed to analyze the potential impact of the Northern Corridor on the Canadian economy and global maritime traffic. We took more than 20 000 ship voyages passing through the Panama Canal and calculated their marine distances. To analyze the applicability and the profitability of the Canadian Northwest Passage, we took the same 20 000 routes and make them passed hypothetically through the Canadian Arctic. We then compared the distances to see which trips were shorter by the Northern Corridor. Distances are in nautical miles. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Northwest passage DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Arctic Northwest Passage The Corridor ENVELOPE(78.139,78.139,-68.582,-68.582) |
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Although maritime transport has lost its importance for the transport of people, it has become the most important mode of transport for goods. Indeed, approximately 80% of global merchandise is traded by sea. As an essential part of international trade, commercial shipping relies on strategic trade routes to move goods efficiently. corridoR is an R wrapper to illustrate the reality of world maritime trade by offering researchers and students access to real maritime distances between the different major ports of the planet. Too often, distances are calculated as the crow flies, but CorridoR uses existing sea routes to make its calculations. The corridoR project was also developed to analyze the potential impact of the Northern Corridor on the Canadian economy and global maritime traffic. We took more than 20 000 ship voyages passing through the Panama Canal and calculated their marine distances. To analyze the applicability and the profitability of the Canadian Northwest Passage, we took the same 20 000 routes and make them passed hypothetically through the Canadian Arctic. We then compared the distances to see which trips were shorter by the Northern Corridor. Distances are in nautical miles. |
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corridoR: Client for accessing real maritime distances between the different major ports of the planet |
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corridoR: Client for accessing real maritime distances between the different major ports of the planet |
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corridor: client for accessing real maritime distances between the different major ports of the planet |
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2021 |
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https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16826563 https://figshare.com/articles/software/corridoR_Client_for_accessing_real_maritime_distances_between_the_different_major_ports_of_the_planet/16826563 |
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