Table of contents

Acknowledgements

List of tables, figures, and boxes

Abbreviations and explanatory notes

Vessel groupings used in the Review of Maritime Transport

Executive summary

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Introduction [PDF, 15pp. 54KB]

Chapter 1 Developments in international seaborne trade
A.	World economic situation and prospects
B.	World seaborne trade
C.	Sectors of world seaborne trade
D.	Rising oil prices, maritime transport costs and geography of trade
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Chapter 2 Structure, ownership and registration of the world fleet
A.	Structure of the world fleet
B.	Ownership of the world fleet
C.	Registration of ships
D.	Shipbuilding, demolitions and the second-hand market
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Chapter 3 Productivity of the world fleet and supply and demand in world shipping
A.	Operational productivity
B.	Supply and demand in world shipping
C.	Comparison of national trade and fleets
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Chapter 4 Trade and freight markets
A.	Crude oil and petroleum products seaborne freight market
B.	Dry bulk shipping market
C.	The liner shipping market
E.	Container production
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Chapter 5 Port and multimodal transport developments
A.	Container port traffic
B.	Improvements in port performance
C.	Recent port development
D.	Institutional change
E.	Inland transport developments
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Chapter 6 Legal issues and regulatory developments
A.	Negotiations on trade facilitation at the World Trade Organization
B.	Legal issues affecting transportation
C.	Status of conventions
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Chapter 7 Review of regional developments: Latin America and the Caribbean
A.	Economic background
B.	Maritime trade
C.	Shipping
D.	Ports
E.	Vessel registration
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Annex
I	Classification of countries and territories
II	World seaborne trade by country groups
III(a)	Merchant fleets of the world by flags of registration, groups of countries and types of ship, as of 1 January 2008 (in thousands of GT)
III(b)	Merchant fleets of the world by flags of registration, groups of countries and types of ship, as of 1 January 2008 (in thousands of dwt)
IV	UNCTAD Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
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