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Review of Maritime Transport

The Review of Maritime Transport has been published annually since 1968. The flagship report provides an analysis of structural and cyclical changes affecting seaborne trade, ports and shipping, as well as an extensive collection of statistics.

Around 80% of the volume of international trade in goods is carried by sea, and the percentage is even higher for most developing countries.

News

Building a ‘single window’ for trade in Turkmenistan

The government signed with UN agencies an agreement to build an electronic portal for trade procedures and documents in the Central Asian nation

16 Oct 2020

Mineral tracking tool helps Zambia combat illicit financial flows

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

01 Oct 2020

A full container ship leaves an international port

COVID-19: Shipping data hints to some recovery in global trade

The coronavirus pandemic dealt a severe blow to global merchandise trade. Data from weekly port calls by container ships show early but uneven signs of recovery.

09 Sep 2020

Beirut port after the explosion on 4 August 2020

ASYCUDA powers delivery of aid in Beirut, ready to scale up

UNCTAD’s automated customs management system is well equipped to boost relief operations as people in Beirut start to recover from a massive blast.

03 Sep 2020

Recent publications

COVID-19 and maritime transport: Impact and responses

How countries can leverage trade facilitation to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19: A 10-point action plan to strengthen international trade and transport facilitation in times of pandemic - UNCTAD Policy Brief No. 79

Adapting the use of Asycuda World to the Covid-19 Situation:

Transport and trade facilitation newsletter

Transport Newsletter The UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter is a quarterly bulletin on current topics and projects in trade facilitation and international transport.