Review of Maritime Transport

OF MARITIME TRANSPORT TRANSPORT

2013

U N I T E D N AT I O N S C O N F E R E N C E O N T R A D E A N D D E V E L O P M E N T

OF MARITIME TRANSPORT

REVIEW

2013

New York and Geneva, 2013

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REVIEW OF MARITIME TRANSPORT 2013

NOTE

The Review of Maritime Transport is a recurrent publication prepared by the UNCTAD secretariat since 1968 with the aim of fostering the transparency of maritime markets and analysing relevant developments. Any factual or editorial corrections that may prove necessary, based on comments made by Governments, will be reflected in a corrigendum to be issued subsequently. * ** Symbols of United Nations documents are composed of capital letters combined with figures. Use of such a symbol indicates a reference to a United Nations document. * ** The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. * ** Material in this publication may be freely quoted or reprinted, but acknowledgement is requested, with reference to the document symbol (UNCTAD/RMT/2013). A copy of the publication containing the quotation or reprint should be sent to the UNCTAD secretariat at the following address: Palais des Nations, CH 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland.

UNCTAD/RMT/2013 UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATION Sales no. E. 13.II.D.9 ISBN 978-92-1-112872-7 e-ISBN 978-92-1-054195-4 ISSN 0566-7682

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Review of Maritime Transport 2013 was prepared by the Trade Logistics Branch of the Division on Technology and Logistics, UNCTAD, under the coordination of Jan Hoffmann with administrative support and formatting by Florence Hudry and Wendy Juan, the supervision of José María Rubiato, and the overall guidance of Anne Miroux....