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Freight rates begin to fall for world merchant fleet
… Review of Maritime Transport 2008 suggests early 2008 marked the high point of …
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Enhancing Supply Chain Resilience in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) by Zera Zheng
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COVID-19: Shipping data hints to some recovery in global trade
… The number of ships pulling into ports to unload and load containers … a historic year-on-year fall of 27% in the second quarter. Maritime shipping saw a dramatic slowdown earlier this year … containing the spread of the coronavirus. Related Link: Review of Maritime Transport series. … OSG … COVID-19: …
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Maritime Informatics: an emerging discipline for a digitally connected efficient, sustainable and resilient industry
… The maritime industry recognises there is a need for smarter … to enhance operations, satisfy clients’ expectation of transparency and predictability and respond to societal … improves the lot of many citizens. Related Links UNCTAD Review of Maritime Transport 2018 UNCTAD Transport and Trade …
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EXPERTS RECOMMEND THAT A UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON ARREST OF SHIPS BE CONVENED
… from 48 countries and 13 organizations with an interest in maritime issues met in Geneva last week and considered that … Nations conference to adopt a new convention on arrest of ships. The experts gathered within a Joint … 1994 and in London in October 1995, was mandated to review the International Convention for the Unification of …
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Consolidation in liner shipping – time flies
… I was tasked with researching the causes and impacts of the process of concentration in liner shipping. Thanks go … the ensuing twenty years, freight costs did decline, and maritime connectivity increased. Today, however, … 2004 http://stats.unctad.org/LSCI . On 25 October, our Review of Maritime Transport 2017 will be launched. It will …
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Experts seek sustainability solutions to freight transport
… and environmental concerns to achieve sustainability in maritime transport, experts will say at an UNCTAD meeting in … responsible for the safety, security and cleanliness of shipping, adopted an initial strategy on the reduction of … November of a commemorative companion volume to UNCTAD’s Review of Maritime Transport, which marked its 50th year of …
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Trade war threatens outlook for global shipping, warns new United Nations Report
… forecasts similar growth this year, according to its Review of Maritime Transport 2018 . Volumes across all segments are set …
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Decarbonizing Shipping: What role for flag states?
… The International Maritime Organization (IMO) member states agreed in 2018 “to … by at least 50% by 2050 compared to 2008” as part of the “ initial IMO Strategy on reduction of GHG emissions … different registries in the world fleet see also UNCTAD’s Review of Maritime Transport and UNCTAD’s on-line maritime …
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WORLD SEABORNE TRADE SET TO EXPAND STEADILY
… If confirmed, it will also be above the annual average of 3.7 per cent achieved during the previous decade. As the … figure for 1997 -- announced today by UNCTAD in its Review of Maritime Transport, 1997 (1) (140 pp) -- could mark the start …