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Table 1 Assessed papers

From: Effects of BRI strategy on Mediterranean shipping transport

Area of study

Main discussed topics

Mention of “Europe”

Papers with “BRI”

Papers with “OBOR”

Source

General Logistics

Improvements on current logistics services or intermodal transport along parts of the BRI. Most of the paper actually discuss specific case studies or compare current situation to possible future scenarios.

4

10

8

Sheu and Kundu 2018; Kuzmicz and Pesch 2018; Liu et al. 2018; Choi and Chen 2018; Nazarko et al. 2017; Xu et al. 2017; Nežerenko and Koppel 2017; Lim et al. 2017; Wang and YAU 2018; Chhetri et al. 2018; Hou 2018; Sterling and Liu 2018; Zhang 2018; Ji and Sun 2017; Zhang 2016a; Lau et al. 2018; Bekturganov and Bolaev 2017

Maritime Silk Road - Shipping

Most of the studies discuss potential optimization processes (e.g. routing) connected with certain BRI investments (e.g. Kra Canal, integration of services). Some of the recent works focus on the possibility to consider services offered within the BRI as complimentary among each rather (i.e. Rail + Ship) rather than in competition.

3

5

6

Yang et al. 2018b; Heng and Yip 2018; To and Lee 2018; Saha 2018; Hou 2017a; Hou 2017b; Zeng et al. 2018; Wang and YAU 2018; Du et al. 2018; Qiu et al. 2018; Ding et al. 2018

Not transport focused

Most of the studies in this category discuss transport as part of the overall BRI strategy but they mainly focus on other aspects of BRI, such as Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs), local development, legal issues, and political consequences.

5

12

10

Yu and Chang 2018; Rozov 2018; Malle 2017; Calabrese 2017; Mednikarov et al. 2017; Sharif and Hyder 2017; Ferdinand 2016; Huasheng 2016; Chia 2016; Mikheev et al. 2015; Dave and Kobayashi 2018; Napasirth and Napasirth 2018; Ismailov and Papava 2018; Li et al. 2018b; Lávut 2018; Herrero and Xu 2017; Li et al. 2017; Li and Schmerer 2017; Weihai 2017; Suocheng et al. 2017; Chen 2017; Fallon 2015

Focus on railway corridors

Most of the studies focus on the description and assessment of new rail alternatives linked to BRI development

2

3

3

Li et al. 2018a; Bao 2018; Lapidus and Misharin 2018; Jiang et al. 2018; Zhu and Vadim 2018; Zhang 2016b