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Shipping in 2025: Safer Waters, Riskier World

Alexandros Itimoudis - May 28, 2025 0

The global shipping industry faces a striking paradox in recent months: even as it reports record-low vessel losses, it sails through one of the...

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Global trade set to reach new high of US$33 trillion in 2024

Container News Team - December 6, 2024 0

Global trade is set to reach a record US$33 trillion in 2024, according to UNCTAD, translating to a 3.3% annual growth or a US$1...

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Resilience and Adaptation of Key Asian Powers in Maritime Trade Landscape

Alexandros Itimoudis - November 14, 2024 0

Despite the escalating geopolitical tensions, potentially leading to new disruptions in global commodity markets, UNCTAD predicts a steady growth in maritime trade, expecting a...

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Global South Trade Growth Faces New Challenges

Alexandros Itimoudis - November 13, 2024 0

Changing patterns of world trade have affected global South economies, according to a UNCTAD report published in late October 2024. From 2007 to 2023, trade...

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Suez and Panama Canal disruptions threaten global trade and development: UNCTAD

Container News Team - October 23, 2024 0

The disruptions are straining supply chains, driving up costs, and reshaping global trade patterns, with vulnerable economies hit hardest, according to the latest UNCTAD...

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Maritime sector at pivotal decarbonisation moment, says UNCTAD

Container News Team - September 27, 2023 0

Shipping has reached a decisive moment in the green transition process with the UN trade body UNCTAD calling on the industry to establish a...

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Global trade slows, but ‘Green Goods’ grow: UNCTAD

Container News Team - March 23, 2023 0

Global trade was worth a record US$32 trillion in 2022, but amid deteriorating economic conditions and rising uncertainties, growth turned negative in the last...

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United Kingdom funds UNCTAD for trade facilitation

Container News Team - March 8, 2022 0

The United Kingdom government will provide US$2.4 million (£1.8 million) to United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to help developing countries boost...

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Higher box prices forecast shadow over global economy’s recovery

Container News Team - November 26, 2021 0

The recovery of the global economy is threatened by high freight prices, which are likely to continue in the coming months, according to UNCTAD's...

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Sea-Intelligence reports 11% increase in port stay duration during 2021 H1

Container News Team - September 22, 2021 0

The median time spent by container vessels in port began to grow sharply in the second half of 2020, continuing into the first half...

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