Journal of Shipping and Trade

Table 1 Distribution of vessels calls at the world’s demographically largest cities, 1950–1990

From: The changing influence of city-systems on global shipping networks: an empirical analysis

Port city	Number of vessel calls
Port city	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
London	799	863	586	352	273
New York	698	718	585	414	236
Calcutta	275	301	233	141	67
Buenos Aires	338	351	276	292	181
Lima	23	51	79	30	65
Manila	74	79	90	79	107
Jakarta	40	77	81	83	107
Rio de Janeiro	92	77	98	124	160
Sao Paulo	90	113	109	202	156
Tianjin	4	24	33	42	105
Bombay	134	176	153	235	226
Taipei	13	32	42	85	147
Karachi	64	80	109	198	174
Shanghai	25	87	118	119	188
Los Angeles	229	239	252	371	456
Bangkok	42	62	129	160	285
Nagoya	16	56	184	212	263
Osaka	117	399	555	458	593
Hong Kong	144	216	311	362	602
Tokyo	379	599	905	839	989
Sample share (%)	20.0	18.7	18.3	20.7	19.1
World total	17,968	24,541	26,879	23,148	28,193

Source: own realization based on Lloyd’s Shipping Index and Geopolis data
N.B. 20 largest cities by the number of inhabitants for the year 1990; values in bold are higher than the row’s average

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