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Resilient maritime logistics:
Understand risks, respond and adapt

Shocks and disruptions to supply chains are becoming increasingly common and putting to test shipping, ports, and their hinterland connections. Building critical supply-chain resilience through more robust maritime transport and logistics is imperative.

Guidebook

part I
Guidebook
Building port resilience: Tools and methods
Building port resilience: Tools and methods
part II
Good practices and lessons learned
Port disruption
and resilience:
A closer look
The COVID-19 pandemic provides lessons to learn from when addressing future disruptions.
part III
Case studies, good practices and lessons learned
Case studies documenting port disruptions caused by wide-ranging factors across regions provide insights and lessons for the future.
Case studies
part III
Way forward
Resilience as an emerging paradigm and the role of ports.
part IV
Annex
Features more detailed information about risk management tools, concepts, and definitions.
Guidebook
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Training

Training
UNCTAD Course on Ports and Maritime Supply Chain Resilience

UNCTAD Course on "Ports and Maritime Supply Chain Resilience" contains six modules. The training material is supported by the accompanying multimedia lectures and suggested additional reading. It draws heavily on UNCTAD’s Guidebook on “Enhancing Capacity to Managing Risks: A Guidebook for Ports”, the Review of Maritime Transport, various issues, as well as relevant analytical reports and statistics in the field of transport and trade logistics.

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Studies and Reports

RMT 2020
Review of Maritime Transport 2020
The Review of Maritime Transport (RMT) is an UNCTAD flagship report, published annually since 1968. It provides an analysis of structural and cyclical changes affecting seaborne trade, ports and shipping, as well as an extensive collection of statistics from maritime trade and transport.

The 2021 edition of the RMT provides an update on the latest trends in maritime trade, supply, markets, key performance indicators, and legal and regulatory developments. It also includes a special chapter with testimonials from maritime stakeholders and their experiences in coping with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Review of Maritime Transport
Review of Maritime Transport 2021

The Review of Maritime Transport (RMT) is an UNCTAD flagship report, published annually since 1968. It provides an analysis of structural and cyclical changes affecting seaborne trade, ports and shipping, as well as an extensive collection of statistics from maritime trade and transport.

The 2021 edition of the RMT has a special focus on the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on the industry and includes a special chapter on the challenges seafarers face in view of the crewing crisis.
COVID-19 and Maritime Transport
COVID-19 and Maritime Transport: Navigating the Crisis and Lessons Learned
UNCTAD's report "Covid-19 and maritime transport: Navigating the crisis and lessons learned" describes how the COVID-19 pandemic shocked the global maritime transport system and some of the key effects on the sector. It highlights challenges arising from the disruption across ports and hinterland connections and examines response and mitigation measures implemented by various stakeholders. It sets out the key lessons that can inform and guide preparedness and resilience-building efforts in transport and logistics.
COVID-19 and Maritime Transport
COVID-19 and Maritime Transport: Impact and Responses
The report describes the immediate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on maritime trade flows, ship calls, and liner shipping connectivity in the first half of 2020. It also identifies relevant responses and adjustments made at the port level as well as by other stakeholders across the maritime supply chain to cope with the disruption and maintain business continuity, while at the same time, protecting workers and ensuring timely delivery of essential goods during the crisis.
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