Tag: World Bank

The Red Sea crisis has become a critical point in the Middle East conflict, disrupting trade and maritime transport, the World Bank states.

A new report calls for a greater focus on women's employment in transport and proposes actionable steps to address barriers to women's education, employment, and promotion in the sector.

RINA has recently secured a contract with The World Bank Group to support the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Indonesia in promoting an green and climate-sound development in Indonesia’s port infrastructures and maritime transport. 

World Bank in its latest Commodity Markets Outlook report, highlights that the price cap on Russian crude oil introduced in late 2022 appears increasingly unenforceable given the recent spike in Urals prices.

World Bank has published a new report Commodity Markets Outlook, in which it discusses that, although the global economy is in a much better position than it was in the 1970s to cope with a major oil-price shock, an escalation of the latest conflict in the Middle East, could push global commodity markets into uncharted waters.

World Bank has published a new report Distributing Carbon Revenues from Shipping, in which it discusses which countries could access carbon revenues, for what purposes, and on what terms.

Aramex multinational logistics, courier and package delivery company based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, shared a tweet with 8 interesting facts about Global Shipping Connectivity and its leading forces according to Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (LSCI). 

IMO, UNCTAD, IRENA and the World Bank organized a COP 27 side event, on 10 November, exploring opportunities for developing States in renewable fuel production for the maritime industry.

A new World Bank report looks at various options for implementing carbon pricing in the shipping industry and explores how carbon revenues could  be used to enable an effective and equitable energy transition in and beyond the sector.

IMO and the World Bank Group joined forces to encourage adoption of a Maritime Single Window (MSW) system.