Annual Review

Trade is steady but average voyage length up 9% since 2018 – UNCTAD Review 2025

Every year UNCTAD’s Review of Maritime Transport provides a compass reading for an industry that moves over 80% of global trade.. The 2025 edition makes...

2021 – The Year of the Carrier and Supply Disruptions.. Shipping and Freight Resource – Annual Review 2021

This is the Annual Review of the shipping and freight industry in 2021 by Shipping and Freight Resource.. This is an in depth look into what transpired in our industry in 2021 in terms of the maritime and global trade, shipping and freight practices, Global Shipping Alliances, Carriers and their profits and mostly about the disruptions surrounding supply chain.. Welcome to The View from the Top..

Shipping and Freight Review 2020 – the year that was and wasn’t

Here is my review of the shipping and freight industry for the year 2020 where I unpack various aspects of how global trade and maritime trade fared, how the shipping industry and carriers fared and what were the stand out points for the year..

I also take a look into the concerns for the industry as we go into 2021..

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