Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter

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Articles

Assessing the level of operationalisation of National Trade Facilitation Committees

30 Oct 2024

Written by Arántzazu Sánchez Belastegui and Roxana Cortina Mendoza, Article No. 127 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°104 - Fourth Quarter 2024]

A bigger role for terminal operators in global value chains

18 Oct 2024

Written by Mikael Lind, Wolfgang Lehmacher, Kris Kosmala and Mark Scheerlinck, Article No. 126 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°103 - Third Quarter 2024]

Navigating the Future: How AI, big data, and autonomous systems are reshaping maritime transport

17 Oct 2024

Written by Divya Tejwani, Article No. 125 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°103 - Third Quarter 2024]

UN Trade and Development Reform Tracker accelerates early trade facilitation compliance for user countries

9 Oct 2024

Written by Arántzazu Sánchez Belastegui, Article No. 124 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°103 - Third Quarter 2024]

WTO accession and the Trade Facilitation Agreement

9 Oct 2024

Written by Mena Hassan and Tarig Ahmed, Article No. 123 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°103 - Third Quarter 2024]

Transforming the cold chain one byte at a time

9 Jul 2024

Written by Christian Allred, Article No. 122 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°102 - Second Quarter 2024]

Digitalization of multimodal data and document exchange using UN standards in electronic corridors

28 Jun 2024

Written by Mario Apostolov, Article No. 121 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°102 - Second Quarter 2024]

Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) and the railways - a new global approach

26 Jun 2024

Written by Howard Rosen, Article No. 120 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°102 - Second Quarter 2024]

Five Schools of thought reflect shipping executives' current thinking on critical maritime issues

17 Apr 2024

Written by Mikael Lind, Wolfgang Lehmacher, Richard T. Watson, Jillian Carson-Jackson, Sukhjit Singh, Article No. 119 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°101 - First Quarter 2024]

Red Sea Crisis and implications for trade facilitation in Africa

17 Apr 2024

Written by Céline Bacrot and Marc-Antoine Faure, Article No. 118 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°101 - First Quarter 2024]

Regional analysis of Liner Shipping Connectivity: What does the revised LSCI reveal?

2 Apr 2024

Written by Thanos Pallis, Theo Notteboom and Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Article No. 117 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°101 - First Quarter 2024]

Unlocking transparency: The promise of the UN Transparency Protocol for global trade

27 Mar 2024

Written by Steve Capell, UN/CEFACT Vice Chair, Article No. 116, [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°101 - First Quarter 2024]

The new corridors of global trade

27 Mar 2024

Written by Tatiana Rey-Bellet, Director TIR and Transit at IRU, Article No. 115, [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°101 - First Quarter 2024]

New context calls for changing how we measure maritime connectivity

15 Mar 2024

Written by Jan Hoffmann, Luisa Rodriguez, Benny Salo, and Antonella Teodoro, Article No. 114, [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°101 - First Quarter 2024]

Advancing Digital Transformation: Global Insights into the Digitalization of Trade Procedures

29 Dec 2023

Written by Yann Duval, Nolwen Prince and Chorthip Utoktham, Article No. 113, [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°100 - Fourth Quarter 2023]

Collaboration – an indispensable capability in the digital age

28 Dec 2023

Written by Mikael Lind, Wolfgang Lehmacher, and Richard T. Watson, UNCTAD, Article No. 112, [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°100 - Fourth Quarter 2023]

Smart reforms are accelerating import and export procedures in Madagascar

17 Oct 2023

Written by Arántzazu Sánchez Belastegui, UNCTAD, Article No. 111, [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°99 - Third Quarter 2023]

Successful collaboration by managing dependencies in the shipping ecosystem

22 Sep 2023

Written by Richard T. Watson, Mikael Lind, and Wolfgang Lehmacher, Article No. 110, [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°99 - Third Quarter 2023]

Paraguay Trade Facilitation Committee: looking for the right structure

22 Sep 2023

Written by Roberto Recalde, Article No. 109 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°99 - Third Quarter 2023]

Net-zero by 2050: Achieving shipping decarbonization through industry momentum and the new ambition at IMO

22 Sep 2023

By Ingrid Sidenvall Jegou et al., Global Maritime Forum, Article No. 108 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°99 - Third Quarter 2023]