Transport, logistics and trade facilitation

We support countries in implementing sustainable and resilient freight transportation and logistics services to enhance trade.

Customs automation - ASYCUDA

Transport infrastructure and services

Trade facilitation

Transport policy and legislation

Review of Maritime Transport

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

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

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News

Leading the push for a sustainable ocean economy

Policymakers and experts call on UNCTAD to play a leading role in research, finance and technical assistance to conserve and sustainably use the ocean, seas and marine resources.

22 Jun 2021

Worker on a vessel wearing a COVID-19 mask

Building port resilience against pandemics

UNCTAD launches a new course to help ports around the globe keep ships moving and goods flowing while protecting workers during the current and future pandemics.

22 Jun 2021

Climate change impacts on seaports: A growing threat to sustainable trade and development

Written by Regina Asariotis, Article No. 75 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°90 - Second Quarter 2021]

4 Jun 2021

A truck on route to the Iraqi capital Badgad

UNCTAD and Iraq sign deal to modernize customs procedures

The ASYCUDA system is expected to be a game-changer in customs processing in Iraq and improve ease of doing business in the country.

27 May 2021

Project

Transport and trade connectivity in the age of pandemics

Trans-Saharan Road Transport Corridor Commercialization

Transport and Trade Facilitation

The Series includes analytical reports on a wide range of issues in the areas of trade facilitation, international transport, and logistics. It complements the annual Review of Maritime Transport, and the quarterly Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter.

Topics covered in recent years include digitalization of logistics, national trade facilitation committees, shipping, climate change adaptation, road safety, port performance, cabotage, transit, and the relationship between trade facilitation and development.

Recent publications

Small island developing states: Maritime transport in the era of a disruptive pandemic - empower states to fend against disruptions to maritime transportation systems, their lifeline to the world

Container shipping in times of COVID-19: Why freight rates have surged and implications for policy makers

COVID-19 and maritime transport: Impact and responses

COVID-19 implications for commercial contracts: International sale of goods on CIF and FOB terms

COVID-19 implications for commercial contracts: Carriage of goods by sea and related cargo claims

ASYCUDA Compendium 2020

Transport and trade facilitation newsletter

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

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