Assessment of the Shipping decarbonization along the Maritime Silk Road

Assessment of the Shipping decarbonization along the Maritime Silk Road Overview `SolutionMethodMultiShipCode.m` is a MATLAB analysis script for Silk Road shipping decarbonization studies. It covers: 1. fleet organization by ship class (container, bulk, liquid) 2. annual trips and port calls 3. fuel use, emissions, and GLH demand allocation 4. cost estimation (fuel, GLH, retrofitting, and port infrastructure) 5. multiple visualization sections (bar, pie, contour, and distribution plots) Main Inputs (in script context) 1. Port, country, and ship information tables (e.g., `PortInf`, `CountryInf`, `ShipInf`) 2. Trade demand matrices (e.g., container, coal, iron ore, crude oil, LNG, LPG) 3. Route distance matrix and related coefficients 4. External Excel data files referenced by the script Main Outputs 1. Calculated trip counts, port calls, fleet size, emissions, and GLH allocation 2. Port-level infrastructure sizing and investment results 3. Optional shapefiles and figures generated by visualization sections