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Commemorative publication of the UNCTAD for the fifty-year period of the "Review of Maritime Transport"
It includes reflections of seven experts who play roles of first floor in the field of the shipping
November 23, 2018
The Conference of the United Nations on the Commerce and Development (UNCTAD) has introduced today a commemorative publication in order to celebrate the fiftieth edition of the "Maritime Review of Transport", that it is the most ancient annual report of the international organization being published from 1968 and that, as in the edition of this year(on 3 October 2018), trace an analysis on the field of the transports and marine commerce and the ports examining some the structural and cyclical modifications and supplying considerable grindstones of information statistics.
The commemorative publication, besides to examine the evolution of the marine transport in last the 50 years, is centralized on a perspective appraisal of the issues that could in future have an impact on the commerce for marine way. Moreover : Kitack Lim, general secretary of the International Maritime Organization, Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, president of the World Maritime University, Serigne Thiam Diop, former general secretary of the Union of African Shippers Councils, Peter Hinchliffe, former general secretary of the International Chamber of Shipping, Martin Stopford, president of Clarkson Research Services Limited, Patrick Verhoeven, general manager of the International Association of Ports and Harbors, and Chris Welsh, former general secretary of the Global Shippers' Forum.
"To comprise the success of the "Review of Maritime Transport" - Shamika Sirimanne has commented, director of the Trade division and Technology of the UNCTAD - it is also to understand its role in helping to better comprise the field of the marine transport and in supporting it is political and normative national that informed international deliberations".
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