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Bold global action needed to decarbonize shipping and ensure a just transition: UNCTAD report

Bold global action needed to decarbonize shipping and ensure a just transition: UNCTAD report

27 Sep 2023
The Review of Maritime Transport 2023 urges swift action and system-wide collaboration to decarbonize maritime transport amid growing carbon emissions and regulatory uncertainty.
UNCTAD set to support countries under new landmark treaty on high seas

UNCTAD set to support countries under new landmark treaty on high seas

3 Apr 2023
The agreement is a milestone towards making all ocean economic activities more sustainable, less harmful and beneficial to all.
Maritime supply chains need urgent investment to boost resilience to future crises

Maritime supply chains need urgent investment to boost resilience to future crises

29 Nov 2022
UNCTAD's Review of Maritime Transport 2022 warns that maritime transport and logistics require greater investment in infrastructure and sustainability to weather future storms.
United Nations bodies call for further action to end seafarer crisis

United Nations bodies call for further action to end seafarer crisis

28 Feb 2022
As the COVID-19 pandemic evolves, new challenges and variants of concern like Omicron threaten to worsen the plight of the world’s seafarers, who play a vital role in global trade.
Facilitating crew changes and repatriation of seafarers during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

Facilitating crew changes and repatriation of seafarers during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

2 Mar 2021
Written by Anila Premti and Regina Asariotis, Article No. 72 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°89 - First Quarter 2021]
Mauritius oil spill puts spotlight on ship pollution

Mauritius oil spill puts spotlight on ship pollution

19 Aug 2020
Small island nations face an existential and developmental threat from ship-source pollution endangering their vulnerable marine ecosystems and ocean economies. An effective international legal regime can help.
Mauritius oil spill highlights importance of adopting latest international legal instruments in the field

Mauritius oil spill highlights importance of adopting latest international legal instruments in the field

14 Aug 2020
Written by Regina Asariotis and Anila Premti, UNCTAD, Article No. 58 of UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°87 - Third Quarter 2020
New antitrust amendments to the U.S. Shipping Act

New antitrust amendments to the U.S. Shipping Act

11 Mar 2019
Written by Anila Premti Article No 31 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°81 - First Quarter 2019]
Special publication marks 50 years of UNCTAD work on shipping

Special publication marks 50 years of UNCTAD work on shipping

23 Nov 2018
It’s been 50 years since UNCTAD turned its analytical gaze to maritime transport and its role in trade and development: a new work considers what the past can say about the future.
Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: Recent legal developments

Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: Recent legal developments

29 Oct 2018
Written by Anila Premti, Article No. 25 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°80 - Fourth Quarter 2018]