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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.

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

News

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

Written by Jan Hoffmann and Julian Hoffmann, Article No. 70 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°89 - First Quarter 2021]

11 Jan 2021

COVID-19 drives large international trade declines in 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.

9 Dec 2020

How ports in Africa and Asia are tackling common challenges

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.

25 Nov 2020

COVID-19’s economic fallout will long outlive the health crisis, report warns

Inequalities and vulnerabilities risk worsening long after a vaccine becomes available. UNCTAD charts a roadmap for a more inclusive and better recovery, emphasizing the need to reshape global production networks.

19 Nov 2020

Recent publications

Review of Maritime Transport 2020

COVID-19 and maritime transport: Impact and responses

Challenges in competition and regulation of port infrastructure and services and the maritime transport sector

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

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.

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e-Handbook of Statistics

eHandbook of Statistics The UNCTAD e-Handbook of Statistics presents a summary of world seaborne trade, merchant fleet statistics and other maritime transport indicators.