In its review of maritime transport, UNCTAD presented two trends for ports. Namely, cargo-handling activity and throughput in global ports, which reflected a recovery in the global economy and a rebound in trade volumes that boosted shipping demand and seaborne trade in 2017, showed overall improvement and promising trends.
Improvements in global port cargo throughput
Cargo throughput at world major ports was estimated at over 15 billion tons in 2016, following an increase of 2.1% over 2015.
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