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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) released on 15 April new seaborne trade data. For the first time, the dataset includes country-level statistics.
Maritime transport is the backbone of global trade, moving over 80% of goods traded worldwide by volume. It connects global value chains, carrying raw materials and semi-processed goods to production hubs and delivering finished products to consumers. These flows are vital for industrialization, economic growth and job creation.
Seaborne trade has evolved over the decades, shaped by containerization, the rise of developing economies and shifting production and consumption patterns.
Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc (back row, right) was in Egypt on Nov. 25 when the carrier signed a strategic partnership agreement with the Suez Canal Authority, triggering confusion over when Maersk would resume regular transits through the key waterway. Photo credit: Ahmed Gomaa / Xinhua via Getty Images.
Geopolitical forces favoring the resumption of container trade through the Red Sea and the corresponding commercial reluctance to do so are converging after nearly two years of most ships diverting around southern Africa to avoid attacks by Houthi militants.
The conflicting interests became apparent in late November when the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) issued a statement indicating that Maersk planned to resume normal
África.- A menos de un año de su lanzamiento, el servicio Far East–West Africa de Grimaldi ya se ha convertido en una ruta dentro de su red, tanto así que el Grupo ha invertido recientemente en su fortalecimiento, teniendo a Durban como hub.
Según la compañía, la velocidad, la capacidad y la eficiencia siguen siendo las características definitorias de este servicio regular dedicado al transporte de contenedores, carga rodada y carga de proyectos entre China, Sudáfrica y Nigeria.
Gracias al despliegue de cuatro buques con-ro de última generación (incluidos los de clase G5), ahora hay salidas cada quince días desde los puertos chinos de Ningbo y Taicang–Shanghái hacia Durban, y desde allí hacia Lagos.