Table 2 Correlation coefficients of used independent variables of this study
From: Drivers of railway container transports between China and Finland
BDI | Sea port (TEU) | Helsinki (TEU) | HaminaKotka (TEU) | Covid (cases) | Covid (tests) | Covid (deaths) | Chinese trade (total) | Chinese exports | Chinese imports | Brent (oil) price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BDI | |||||||||||
Sea port (TEU) | − 0.407*** | ||||||||||
Helsinki (TEU) | − 0.187 | 0.759*** | |||||||||
HaminaKotka (TEU) | − 0.332** | 0.885*** | 0.54*** | ||||||||
Covid (cases) | 0.4*** | − 0.406*** | − 0.237* | − 0.279* | |||||||
Covid (tests) | 0.681*** | − 0.51*** | − 0.242* | − 0.319** | 0.695*** | ||||||
Covid (deaths) | 0.341** | − 0.358** | − 0.124 | − 0.251* | 0.792*** | 0.68*** | |||||
Chinese trade (total) | 0.744*** | − 0.229 | 0.078 | − 0.18 | 0.703*** | 0.696*** | 0.608*** | ||||
Chinese exports | 0.471*** | 0.227 | 0.326** | 0.164 | 0.216 | 0.268* | 0.196 | 0.657*** | |||
Chinese imports | 0.711*** | − 0.388*** | − 0.054 | − 0.299* | 0.772*** | 0.741*** | 0.665*** | 0.94*** | 0.36** | ||
Brent (oil) price | 0.555*** | − 0.056 | 0.031 | − 0.093 | 0.249* | 0.197 | 0.048 | 0.505*** | 0.624*** | 0.346** | |
Coronavirus | 0.509*** | − 0.522*** | − 0.177 | − 0.338** | 0.457*** | 0.821*** | 0.623*** | 0.521*** | 0.043 | 0.626*** | − 0.084 |