14 Abr 2020, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 12:11
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Documento de trabajo
In the last few months, the world has witnessed and continue to witness a drastic change in our daily lives, which has also caused great impacts on business, trade, and shipping. The outbreak of a pandemic changed all economic and trade expectations for 2020. From a forecast of 3.6% growth in container trade worldwide in the last quarter of 2019, to 2.5% in January 2020, new projections have lowered down expectations to -4.9%. This drop is partially explained, apart from the pandemic, by the continuing increase of blank sails[1] and labour restrictions.
Several countries have been implementing…
14 Abr 2020, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 12:11
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Nota informativa
In the last few months, the world has witnessed and continue to witness a drastic change in our daily lives, which has also caused great impacts on business, trade, and shipping. The outbreak of a pandemic changed all economic and trade expectations for 2020. From a forecast of 3.6% growth in container trade worldwide in the last quarter of 2019, to 2.5% in January 2020, new projections have lowered down expectations to -4.9%. This drop is partially explained, apart from the pandemic, by the continuing increase of blank sails[1] and labour restrictions.
Several countries have been implementing…
2 Ene 2023, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 12:01
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Publicación
The economies of the subregion were hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly those dependent on tourism. As a result, the Caribbean has seen a reversal of the hard-won gains achieved in growing their economies and reducing unemployment and inequality. The inflation stemming from pandemic supply chain disruption, which has been exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, has made the sustained uptick in economic performance beyond pre-pandemic levels unlikely, notwithstanding strong growth estimates for 2021 and 2022. The last two years have taught the region that continued ‘business as usual’ is…
29 Jul 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 12:05
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Nota informativa
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…
1 Jun 2009, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 12:00
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Publicación
The document assesses of the situation of the maritime sector in CARICOM and presents a series of new observations and issues. Challenges and barriers in the maritime sector, or problems created through inefficiencies in the maritime sector are analyzed for: maritime freight transport, cruise shipping, ports and yachting. Whilst the first three are part of the original structure of the study, the fourth is included to show the full extension of the maritime sector. To be able to understand the challenges and role of maritime transport in a regional and global context, it is essential to consid…
6 Nov 2002, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 12:00
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Publicación
This study is a measure of the impact of the yachting sector in Saint Lucia specific to the
terms of reference as presented by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the
Caribbean (ECLAC). This study is part of the project: Development of a Subregional Marinebased
Tourism Strategy, co-funded by the Government of the Netherlands, which is aimed at the
development of sustainable yachting in the Eastern Caribbean and focuses on the island arc from
the British Virgin Islands in the north to Trinidad and Tobago in the south. This study was
compiled based on information gathered through inter…
1 Ago 2007, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 12:07
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Publicación
Since the implementation in 1994 of the North American Free Trade Agreement, trade between the three North American countries has almost tripled. However there are substantial impediments for the efficient freight movements between the three countries. Major obstacles derived from transaction costs which reduce and sometimes eliminate the benefits gained from the removal of tariffs resulting from NAFTA. The paper analyzes North American truck, rail and maritime trade and transportation characteristics and operations that serve as the foundation to identify and quantify transaction costs caus…
Governments of the ECLAC region have promulgated labour regimes which support port workers' desire for stable wages and job security, isolate them from market signals and create cargo-handling monopolies. The advent of a global economy, the introduction of export-led growth policies, the acquisition of advanced cargo-handling equipment and electronic information systems, and the participation of private interests in the offer of port services permit enterprises to compare, purchase and employ raw materials, labour and service inputs worldwide, and have transformed the traditional concept …
5 Abr 2017, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 12:10
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Nota informativa
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 …
12 - 13 Ago
2021, 05:00 - 12:30
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Evento (Reuniones y seminarios técnicos)
Women's International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) Mexico, together with the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), as well as the University of Veracruz, Mexico is organizing this Forum.…
28 - 29 Nov
2017, 05:30 - 11:00
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Evento (Meetings and technical symposiums)
Implemented under the ECLAC/ United Nations Development Account project: Logistics integration for a more sustainable exploitation of natural resources in Latin America and the Caribbean…
The liberalization of Maritime Transport is one important element to increase the export competitiveness of a country. In fact, studies remark that, for some countries, the effective rate of protection by the costs of transport is much higher than that of tariffs. One of the most relevant elements in the determination of the costs of maritime transport refers to the efficient management of ports. The global trend towards trade liberalization and integration and economic interdependence led Latin American countries to opt for programs of economic reforms that incorporated the participation of d…
1 Mar 2001, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 12:11
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Publicación
Summary Trade between Africa and South America is of relatively minor importance for each region. The main purpose of this report is to determine if a scarcity of maritime transport services could explain this comparative unimportance. More than half of all trade between the two regions is accounted for by just ten specific bilateral flows in petroleum, grain, iron ore, coal, and sugar. Almost all inter-regional trade moves by sea, mostly by non-liner charter shipping services. Trade between Africa and South America is subject to relatively low freight rates, mainly due to the type of produ…
1 Mar 2003, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 12:11
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Publicación
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC); Subregional
Headquarters for the Caribbean embarked on a project Development of a Subregional
Marine-based Tourism Strategy in 2001. The project, co-funded by the Government of
the Netherlands, is aimed at the development of sustainable yachting tourism in the
Eastern Caribbean and focuses on the island arc from the British Virgin Islands in the
north to Trinidad and Tobago in the south.
The project includes the conduct of national studies in the British Virgin Islands, St.
Maarten, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Luci…
12 Nov 2003, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 12:11
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Publicación
Describes the Caribbean Trade Statistics Database, explaining the reasons for its creation. Identifies its functions and capabilities. Outlines the process of design, listing the design considerations. Provides detailed instructions for navigation of the system. Presents an overview of the current content of the database. Provides a reference guide of terms used in the analysis of trade indicators.…
Con ocasión del curso sobre logística sostenible, movilidad y eficiencia energética realizado por la División de Recursos Naturales e Infraestructura de la CEPAL a fines de enero de 2016, funcionarios de la División visitaron las obras de reconstrucción del muelle de contenedores en el Puerto Internacional de Puerto Príncipe, en Haití, que sufrió graves daños en el terremoto de 2010.
Acompañados por representantes de la Autoridad Portuaria Nacional (APN) del país, los expertos conocieron los primeros 150 metros lineales (de un total de 410) del Muelle Norte del terminal, inaugurados el 22 de e…
Por ocasião do curso sobre logística sustentável, mobilidade e eficiência energética, realizado pela Divisão de Recursos Naturais e Infraestrutura da CEPAL no final de janeiro de 2016, funcionários da Divisão visitaram as obras de reconstrução do cais de contêineres no Porto Internacional de Porto Príncipe, no Haiti, que sofreu graves danos no terremoto de 2010.
Acompanhados por representantes da Autoridade Portuária Nacional (APN) do país, os expertos conheceram os primeiros 150 metros lineares (de um total de 410) do Cais Norte do terminal, inaugurados em 22 de janeiro 2016. Esta obra é a cu…
1 Ago 2002, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 12:11
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Publicación
The global tourist cruise industry has been experiencing sustained growth for quite some time; the industry's future prospects are promising, due to good profitability and a reduction in costs achieved thanks to use of ever larger ships, which are making this new form of tourism accessible to more and more people.South American destinations have been visited by a wide range of cruise operators, reflecting the expansion of this industry worldwide; it is necessary that players in the industry take advantage of this opportunity to provide services that employ substantial numbers of people an…
On the occasion of a course on sustainable logistics, mobility and energy efficiency carried out by ECLAC’s Division of Natural Resources and Infrastructure in late January 2016, officials from that division visited the rebuilding works of the container terminal at Port-au- Prince’s International Port, in Haiti, which suffered severe damage during the earthquake of 2010.
Accompanied by representatives of that country’s National Port Authority (NPA), the experts viewed the first 150 linear meters (of 410 meters total) of the terminal’s Northern Wharf, inaugurated on January 22, 2016. This is th…