The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has issued its Third Quarter 2016 Transport & Trade Facilitation newsletter. This 25-page document contains the usual wealth of sound information on trade and logistics. Africa is particularly well served with pages on activities in Nigeria, Ghana, Sudan, Liberia, Rwanda and elsewhere.

Of particular interest is a one page piece on seaborne trade in 2015 where it is reported that for the first time in UNCTAD’s record world seaborne trade exceeded 10 billion tons. Another article outlines the underlying causes for the demise of Hanjin Shipping following its recent insolvency.