Tag: UNCTAD

Business
Unprecedented shipping disruptions raise risk to global trade, UNCTAD warns

Unprecedented shipping disruptions raise risk to global...

Key shipping routes in the Red Sea, Black Sea and Panama Canal are simultaneously...

Fishing sector
Energy transition: Charting a fair course for fishing fleets

Energy transition: Charting a fair course for fishing fleets

The fishing industry, reliant on fossil fuels and vulnerable to climate change,...

Business
Maritime supply chains need urgent investment to boost resilience to future crises

Maritime supply chains need urgent investment to boost...

UNCTAD's Review of Maritime Transport 2022 warns that maritime transport and logistics...

Business
AfCFTA could boost maritime trade in Africa

AfCFTA could boost maritime trade in Africa

UNCTAD says the African Continental Free Trade Area could boost intra-African trade...

Fishing sector
Blue BioTrade project set to improve fortunes in the eastern Caribbean

Blue BioTrade project set to improve fortunes in the eastern...

The project aims to enhance the production of and trade in queen conch for domestic,...

Business
COVID-19: Shipping data hints to some recovery in global trade

COVID-19: Shipping data hints to some recovery in global...

The coronavirus pandemic dealt a severe blow to global merchandise trade. Data from...

Maritime Accidents
Mauritius oil spill puts spotlight on ship pollution

Mauritius oil spill puts spotlight on ship pollution

Small island nations face an existential and developmental threat from ship-source...

Ecology
Growing plastic pollution in the ocean in wake of COVID-19

Growing plastic pollution in the ocean in wake of COVID-19

Our beaches and ocean have been hit by a tidal wave of COVID-19 waste including...

Societies
Keep ships moving, ports open and cross-border trade flowing, urge UN entities

Keep ships moving, ports open and cross-border trade flowing,...

The world’s reliance on maritime transport makes it more important than ever to...

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