Jan Hoffmann – Shipping in the Mediterranean

Jan Hoffmann
Chief Trade Logistics Branch, Division on Technology and Logistics, UNCTAD

Port and shipping services handle more than 80% of global trade volumes, and this share is even higher for most developing countries. Despite the growing eCommerce – in fact invigorated by it – the physical movement of goods across oceans remains at the core of trade driven development. To participate in global value chains, Mediterranean countries depend on well-connected ports and cost-effective shipping services.

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Mustapha Lhamouz – The Covid-19 Crisis: A Catalyst to Speed Up the Digital Transformation of Ports

Mustapha Lhamouz
Activities and Operators Supervision Director, National Ports Agency of Morocco

Moroccan ports have played a major role in managing the Covid-19 health crisis. In fact, the port sector has demonstrated strong resilience and great agility by adapting its various operational processes to the new context, which requires that health measures be taken into account to deal with the pandemic threat

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Malta Maritime Forum – Some Observations on the Impact of Covid-19 on Shipping

Malta Maritime Forum

The problems created by the Covid pandemic to the carriage and distribution of goods caught everyone including the major container carriers unaware and necessitated the introduction of short term measures in order to safeguard both the coherence of the logistical cycle and the financial sustainability of the carriers.

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