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The containerised sea trade performance in the Latin America and the Caribbean maritime coasts during the first three quarters of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019…
Eight UN organizations stress critical role of international transport and integrated supply chains for COVID-19 recovery and the SDGs…
ECLAC with the other four UN regional commissions and UNCTAD join forces to help developing countries tackle trade and transport challenges from the coronavirus pandemic…
The ECLAC's Infrastructure Services Unit team invites you to participate in our survey for the Maritime & Logistics Profile. Every year we request throughput port data for 2019, and since last year, we have been working on the expansion of the data required. Any questions or comments regarding the survey, please contact ricardo.sanchez@cepal.org with copy logisticsandinfrastructure@cepal.org Acces to survey: https://qtrial2020q1az1.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5AXe4IDlNYGvBuB …
Maritime and Logistics Bulletin 71…
The observatory is a joint effort of the Regional Commissions of the United Nations, to gather all the updated information on the limitations of the border crossing both in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, and in the rest of the world due to the outbreak of COVID-19.…
This webinar is part of a series of virtual events organized by the GADeR-ALC Gender and Energy+ Workstream to bring the different topics together and which propose to incorporate the innovative and disruptive gender approach in different parts of Latin America.…
New edition analyses 31 countries and 118 ports and port zones of the region…
Maritime and Logistics Bulletin # 68…
Port containerized throughput Ranking 2017…
Marítime and Logistics Bulletin # 66…
Maritime and Logistics Bulletin 65…
The economic cycle and the shipping cycle (the microeconomic side of both businesses) play a crucial role on the future of ports and shipping, as it has been in the past. Regarding the latter, the presence of the shipping (or maritime) cycle along the history of the shipping business for over 275 years. In this short article, I want to question the functioning of the shipping cycle, that is, I am arguing that while the maritime cycle persists, the mechanism that historically made it work has changed. For that, it is important to begin by discussing the shipping cycle. The latter is understood …
Maritime and Logistics Bulletin 63…
Maritime and Logistics Bulletin 62…
Marítime and Logistics Bulletin 61…
Maritime and Logistics Bulletin 60…
In 2011, when we presented Sanchez and Perrotti: “Looking into the Future: Big Full Containerships and their Arrival to South American Ports”1 at the IAME Annual Conference, the time span of the appearance of vessels averaging 13,000 TEU in South America was projected to be between 2016 and 2020. The great news was that on December 18, 2015, TCBuen, the Colombian terminal belonging to the Port of Buenaventura, received the largest container vessel ever to have operated in South America: the Maersk Edinburgh. Part of the AC2 service, this vessel is intended to conn…
This document synthesizes the most pertinent findings of a survey of over 41 container terminals around the world of which 30 are located in Latin America and the Caribbean and represent 1/3 of the regional annual container throughput in 2014. The results are part of a global study on energy consumption in terminals and ports of all kinds. Follow ‐ up publications including a larger set of countries as well as with specifications for bulk cargo, liquids and gas are under way. Furthermore, sub ‐ regional and national seminars are envisaged over the course of the year to present the study’s resu…