1、THE LEADING MARITIMECAPITALS OF THE WORLDMENON PUBLICATION NO.22/2015,MAY 20153CONTENTSMETHODOLOGY AND DATA SOURCES.2DefinitionsDescription of sourceOther sourcesEXECUTIVE SUMMARY.4THE MARITIME INDUSTRY GLOBAL VIEW.6THE LEADING MARITIME CAPITALS OF THE WORLD.8BENCHMARKING BASED ON OBJECTIVE AND SUBJ

2、ECTIVE INDICATORS.10SHIPPING CENTERS.12SummaryExpert assessment Shipownership and managementValue of world fleetSize of shipowners fleetSize of fleet managed from the cityMARITIME FINANCE AND LAW.16SummaryExpert assessmentLeading financial citiesBank financingLegal centersMarine InsurancePORTS AND L

3、OGISTICS.20SummaryExpert assessmentSpecialized logistical servicesPort volumePort operatorsMARITIME TECHNOLOGY.24SummaryExpert assessment Knowledge centers R&D and educationMaritime equipmentShipyardsClassificationCOMPETIVENESS AND ATTRACTIVENESS.29THE LEADING MARITIME CITIES OF THE FUTURE.30METHODO

4、LOGY AND DATA SOURCESDEFINITIONS What is the definition of maritime activity?During 15 years of research,Menon has defined maritime activity as:“All compa-nies that own,operate,design,build or deliver equipment or specialised services to all kinds of ships and other floating units.”What is a city?We

5、 have defined a city as encompass-ing an area that can be reached within a two-hour drive from the city center.This definition is transparent,reflects actual proximity and is not sensitive to artificial administrative borders.Survey dataA survey was sent out to approximately 1,600 maritime professio

6、nals,i.e.owners,managers and academics from all over the world.A total of 196 answered,giving us a response rate of 12%.Of the 196 re-spondents,approximately a third were lo-cated in Scandinavia,a third in the rest of Europe,while the last third were located outside of Europe.In total,the experts ar