International maritime transport and world trade, trends and forecasts

Abstract

The article is an up‐to‐date collection of information on international maritime transport and world trade. The selected topic is an expansion of UNCTADʹs study of the World Trade Summary for 2022. The topic is an up‐to‐date compilation of the current economic situation, incorporating economic and social information from several global events and phenomena occurring recently. The article cites numerous data that also illustrate the current macroeconomic situation of the world, such as inflation rates or GDP. The collected data made it possible to combine the information and equate it with the current situation in maritime transport and trade. The study is intended to draw the readerʹs attention to aspects of the impact of transport on the economy and the economy on transport, on a feedback basis. The data contained in the article have been truncated and consider only the threads that are relevant from the point of view of transport and logistics, in order to analyze the current situation more reliably and in depth, it would be necessary to consider many other important factors that have been omitted. This study also contains forecasting data, which allows estimating future trends and the prevailing situation in the cited aspects.