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Shipping during COVID-19: Why container freight rates have surged

Shipping during COVID-19: Why container freight rates have surged

23 Apr 2021
UNCTAD examines the complex factors behind the unprecedented shortage of containers hampering trade’s recovery, and how to avoid a similar situation in the future.
Zambia’s e-commerce firms stay the course amid pandemic

Zambia’s e-commerce firms stay the course amid pandemic

23 Mar 2021
Despite COVID-19 hurdles, online businesses in Zambia are clinging to their big dreams while the government strengthens the nation’s e-commerce ecosystem.
UNCTAD launches new e-learning platform to facilitate trade

UNCTAD launches new e-learning platform to facilitate trade

17 Mar 2021
Developing countries can learn through the platform how to implement reforms to ease trade despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
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]
Bigger ships and fewer companies - two sides of the same coin

Bigger ships and fewer companies - two sides of the same coin

11 Jan 2021
Written by Jan Hoffmann and Julian Hoffmann, Article No. 70 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°89 - First Quarter 2021]
COVID-19 drives large international trade declines in 2020

COVID-19 drives large international trade declines in 2020

9 Dec 2020
Services sector remains hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, dropping to levels last seen in the 1990s, nowcasts from UNCTAD's 2020 Handbook of Statistics show.
How ports in Africa and Asia are tackling common challenges

How ports in Africa and Asia are tackling common challenges

25 Nov 2020
The 8th edition of UNCTAD’s port management series spotlights the top work done by TrainForTrade graduates from Ghana, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria and the Philippines.
COVID-19 cuts global maritime trade, transforms industry

COVID-19 cuts global maritime trade, transforms industry

12 Nov 2020
The pandemic has sent shockwaves through global maritime transport and laid the foundations for a transformed industry and associated supply chains. UNCTAD expects a return to growth in 2021
Building a ‘single window’ for trade in Turkmenistan

Building a ‘single window’ for trade in Turkmenistan

16 Oct 2020
The government signed with UN agencies an agreement to build an electronic portal for trade procedures and documents in the Central Asian nation
Mineral tracking tool helps Zambia combat illicit financial flows

Mineral tracking tool helps Zambia combat illicit financial flows

1 Oct 2020
An UNCTAD data evaluation tool helps the southern African nation recover an additional $1 million in export dues from mining companies in one year.