A mission can only be accomplished, when plans envisaged would unfold rightly and goals envisioned would be attained in due course, that will help complete the undertaken tasks navigated towards harnessing the economic value and…
Global project launched to tackle plastic litter from…
Shipping and fisheries are a major source of marine litter, and Norway has considerable knowledge in this area. A new global project to prevent and reduce marine plastic litter from shipping and fisheries has been…
Big Data Changes Course Containers – Destination Unknown
The following paper presented by the author at the BIT's 8th Annual World Congress of Ocean-2019, Xiamen, China recently. We are reproducing the paper with permission. – Editor by August J. Braakman During the past…
How to finance a Global Green New Deal
Despite the damage caused by the 2008 financial crisis, banks – both traditional and shadow – have returned to the business of trading financial assets underpinned by poorly regulated private credit creation. by Richard Kozul-Wright…
Trade war leaves both US and China worse…
Tariffs imposed by the United States on China are economically hurting both countries, UNCTAD warnes in a new paper released The study, Trade and Trade Diversion Effects of United States Tariffs on China, shows that the…
Moving towards zero carbon emissions in maritime shipping
We at UNCTAD have a favourable collaboration with the maritime industry and anchor our work on the development of least developed countries to strengthen and transform their economies. by Isabelle Durant The Global Maritime Forum…
Global maritime trade suffers from trade tensions –…
The report notes that the industry’s operating landscape appears to have shifted to a new paradigm contrasting with the reality of over a decade ago. Maritime transport sails stormy seas against political and structural headwindsShaky…
UNCTAD maritime transport report singles out lower growth,…
UNCTAD expects international maritime trade to expand at an average annual growth rate of 3.4% over the 2019-2024 period, driven in particular by growth in containerized, dry bulk and natural gas cargoes. McKeil Marine's Evans…
Protecting maritime communications
The use of spectrum allocated to existing (and future) maritime services must, therefore, be safeguarded. Terrestrial and satellite radiocommunications are essential for routine communications and navigation and for ensuring the effective operation of the Global Maritime Distress…