Recent Developments and Trends in International Maritime Transport Affecting Trade of Developing Countries

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Recent Developments and Trends in International Maritime Transport Affecting Trade of Developing Countries

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Published

2013

Author(s)

UNCTAD Trade Logistics Branch

Publisher(s)

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

Sector(s)

Transport

The report, which mainly draw on the UNCTAD publication "Review of Maritime Transport 2012", looks at four different but interlinked aspects of the transport of global trade: trends observed in the demand for maritime transport services; the participation of different maritime countries in several specialized industries; recent patterns detected in the offer of liner-shipping services; and issues and recent developments pertaining to the field of shipping sustainability.

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http://unctad.org/en/pages/MeetingDetails.aspx?meetingid=205

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