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ECLAC Port Survey 2020

6 May 2020 | Briefing note

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 …

Observatory on Border Crossing Status due to COVID-19

5 Apr 2020 | Briefing note

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.…

The shipping cycle in the international container market: which will be the actual shipping cycle in the future of shipping, the traditional or a new one?

5 Apr 2017 | Briefing note

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 …

Big vessels are here, the time left to act is shrinking

12 Jan 2016 | Briefing note

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…

Latin American and the Caribbean Container Port throughput, Ranking 2014

29 Jul 2015 | Briefing note

ECLAC updates every year its ranking of container port throughput, which shows the cargo volume in containers in 120 ports of the region, based on data obtained directly from port authorities and terminal operators. In 2014 this activity grew 1.3%, with a total volume of approximately 47 million TEU. This infographic displays the first 20 ports of the ranking.…

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