UNCTAD activities in the field of ports and their future

Maritime Policy and Management

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-70

  Cañamero, Carlos ^a  

^a United Nations Conference on Trade and Development   (Switzerland)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PORT OPERATIONS; SHIPPING;

EID: 0034012686     PISSN: 03088839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/030888300286699     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. BEHNAM, A. 1994, Future of the shipping dialogue in UNCTAD. Maritime Policy and Management, 21 (1), 15-27.
2. UNCTAD 1964, Annex A.IV.22 to the Final Act.
3. TDB Decision 12(1) of 29 April 1965.
4. Work Programme approved by SC in its 2nd Session (21 February-8 March 1967).
5. Declaration of the 8th session of the conference. TD/364/Rev. 1.
6. Standing Committee on Developing Services Sectors: Fostering Competitive Services Sectors in Developing Countries. See [1] Appendix B.
7. The United Nations International Symposium on Trade Efficiency was held in Ohio, USA, in 1993.
8. UNCTAD 1993, Recommendations and Guidelines for Trade Efficiency. TD/ SYMP.TE/2. P. 21.
9. UNCTAD 1996, A partnership for growth and development. TD/378. Paragraphs 92 and 94.
10. Convention 152 concerning Occupational Safety and Health in Dock Work, agreed in 1979.
11. Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping Wastes and Other Matters, agreed in 1972.
12. The Institute of Transport Economy in Oslo. Prepared the model and tested it with data from the ports of Vancouver (Canada) and Casablanca (Morocco). Funds came from the Government of Norway. See UNCTAD 1969, Development of ports, TB/B/C.4/42/Rev 1.
13. UNCTAD 1970, Port statistics, TD/B/C.4/79/Rev.1.
14. Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden answered the appeal for extra-budgetary funds.
15. UNCTAD 1973, Berth Throughput. Systematic methods for improving general cargo operations. TD/B/C.4/109 and Add. 1. The model was tested with data from La Valletta (Malta), Karachi (Pakistan) and Valparaiso (Chile).
16. UNCTAD 1974, Port Development: A handbook for planners in developing countries. TD/B/C.4/175. A revised and expanded edition was published in 1985.
17. UNCTAD 1977, Appraisal of Port Investments. TD/B/C.4/174
18. and UNCTAD (1975), Technological change in shipping and its effects on ports: A note on the problem. TD/B/ C.4/129. The latter was followed by supplements 1-6, published until 1978.
19. UNCTAD 1975, Port pricing. TD/B/C.4/110/Rev. 1.
20. Improving Port Performance (IPP) was funded by Sweden. Training in the Maritime Field (Trainmar) was funded by UNDP and donor and recipient countries.
21. See UNCTAD 1986, TD/B/C.4/298; UNCTAD 1990, TD/B/C.4/337; UNCTAD 1993, TD/B/CN.4/28; UNCTAD 1996, TD/B/CN.4/57. Also, the reports on specific subjects prepared for these IGE meetings.
22. Sometimes there were interesting by-products such as the publication UNCTAD 1985, Manual on a uniform system of port statistics and performance indicators. UNCTAD/ SHIP/185/Rev. 1, and the seminar on The Third Generation Port, which resulted from projects in African ports.
23. Yoshimura, M. 1981, Ports' roles in the regional development. Keynote paper presented at the 12th IAPH Conference, Ministry of Transport of Japan, Nagoya.
24. The original IAPH constitution and by-laws stated that the object of the association is to 'promote waterborne commerce to and from all world ports and harbours and . . . thereby promoting the peace in the world and the welfare of mankind'. See IAPH 1981, The first twenty five years, 1955-1980, p. 213.