Tag: UNCTAD

UNCTAD, through its TrainForTrade Programme, and IHMA signed for advancing capacity building and knowledge sharing for port communities.

UNCTAD on its latest report "Trade and development foresights 2025" provides an assessment of global economic prospects for 2025.

UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has presented an analysis of how the evolution of global maritime trade has shifted from a focus on raw materials to an increasing emphasis on dry cargo, with developing countries playing a larger role in the sector. 

Global trade hit a record $33 trillion in 2024, expanding 3.7% ($1.2 trillion), according to the latest Global Trade Update by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), which warns that while trade remains strong, uncertainty looms in 2025.

Global trade is set to reach a record $33 trillion in 2024, according to the latest Global Trade Update by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

In its latest report, UNCTAD refers to the current multifaceted challenges facing maritime transport and discusses how maritime trade is being upended by disruptions, including in maritime chokepoints.

Global maritime trade grew by 2.4% in 2023, recovering from a 2022 contraction, but the recovery remains fragile, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) notes in its latest ‘’Review of Maritime Transport 2024 report’’.

In its latest Review of Maritime Transport, UNCTAD explores the current state of supply chain disruptions, the outlook for maritime trade, and presents policy recommendations. 

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development  (UNCTAD) has published its Review of Maritime Transport 2024 report, exploring key trends that shape the global maritime trade. 

Using datasets from the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Comprehensive Impact Assessment (CIA) of mid-term measures, UCL Energy Institute’s Shipping and Oceans Research group has released a new tool which allows users to quickly and easily plot the results for countries of their choice.