Axis 6 — logistics

Logistics / Freight Dependency

Concentration of international freight across transport modes and bilateral freight partners per mode.

Version: v0.1Status: FROZENUnit: THS_T (thousand tonnes)Materialized: Yes

Cross-EU Statistics

Countries Scored

out of EU-27

Min (Most Diversified)

0.2730

Germany

Max (Most Concentrated)

1.0000

Malta

Mean

0.5176

EU-27 average

Std Deviation

0.1864

Cross-country dispersion

Range

0.7270

Max − Min spread

Distribution of HHI scores across all scored EU member states for this axis.

This axis is computed from 2 data channel(s). Each channel represents a distinct trade-flow or dependency dataset.

Ch. A: Transport Mode Concentration

Eurostat tran_hv_frmod / tran_r_frgo / mar_sg_am_cw

Ch. B: Partner Concentration per Transport Mode

Eurostat tran_hv_frmod / tran_r_frgo / mar_sg_am_cw

[HIGH]Entrepot/hub masking: NL and BE scores understate their systemic importance as continental freight hubs; countries trading through NL/BE have inflated partner concentration masking true origin.
[MEDIUM]Geographic determinism: MT (Channel A HHI = 1.0), CY, and landlocked countries have structurally constrained scores reflecting geography, not policy choices.
[MEDIUM]Maritime-energy overlap: maritime tonnage includes energy commodity transport, creating partial redundancy with Axis 3 (Energy).
[MEDIUM]Tonnage blindness: all freight is treated equally per tonne regardless of commodity type; strategic commodity differentiation is absent.
[LOW]No route/chokepoint data: the axis cannot detect Suez, Bosporus, or any physical corridor dependency.

#	Country	Score	Δ Mean	Classification	Outlier
1	MaltaMT	1.0000	+0.4824	Highly Concentrated	●
2	CyprusCY	0.9411	+0.4235	Highly Concentrated	●

This axis measures structural concentration (HHI-based) in the logistics / freight dependency domain. It does not capture:

High concentration ≠ high vulnerability. Contextual interpretation required.