Shipping and World Trade

• Overview
• Different types of ship in the world merchant fleet
• Top 20 largest shipping flags (July 2009)
• Top 20 beneficial ownership countries (January 2009)
• Numbers and nationality of world's seafarers
• Number of ships (by total and trade)
• Value of volume of world trade by sea
• The low cost of transporting goods by sea
• Top ten container operators

Useful links

• UNCTAD Maritime Transport Review 2009

Reports (pdf format)

• Flag State Performance Table 2009
• The Role of Changing Transport Costs and Technology

Shipping Industry Guidelines on Flag State Performance
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International shipping carrier of worldtrade Click here to view brochure.