The purpose of the FAL Bulletin is to facilitate trade through efficient transport, and the current issue will focus particularly on the promotion of trade in the Caribbean. It will first highlight the relevance of maritime transport for the region's trade. Thereafter it will look at the costs an...
Every port is unique. Although all ports exist for the same basic purpose (to act as an interface in the transfer from one mode of transport to another), no two are ever organized in the same way.Ports may be classified according to: Physical conditions: location (geographical position, man-made ...
This edition of the FAL Bulletin addr
esses port planning in Latin America and
delivers an initial forecast on container
traffic between Latin America and Asia-
Pacific through 2015. This bulletin also
summarizes the principal conclusions
of the Expert Workshop organized by the
Unit of Infra...
La presente edición del Boletín se basa en un trabajo preparado por la Unidad de Transporte, DRNI de CEPAL intitulado, Protección marítima y portuaria en América del Sur: implementación de las medidas, situación general a mediados del año 2004. Se trata de una actividad conjunta del Comité de Coo...
This edition of the FAL Bulletin describes and analyses the control of ships at ports - the so-called "Port State Control" - in the Caribbean. It is based on a text supplied by Mr. Curtis A. Roach, Regional Maritime Safety Advisor, CARICOM.
Two Latin American republics, Bolivia and Paraguay, lack sovereign access to ocean ports. Their landlocked status effectively forces them to export and import products through borders with neighbouring countries; for this purpose, they frequently use land transport modes which are intrinsically m...
This is the name of the course presented by ECLAC's Transport Unit in range of countries in four continents for ministerial and port authorities, transport companies, exporters, importers and trade unions.
This edition of the Bulletin is based on a document prepared by ECLAC and the Technical Coordination Committee of the presidential initiative for Regional Infrastructure Integration in South America (IIRSA), which is composed of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Andean Development Co...
En la presente edición del Boletín FAL se describen y analizan las actividades de control de los buques en los puertos - denominadas "Supervisión por el Estado Rector del Puerto" - en el Caribe. El artículo se basa en un texto enviado por el Sr. Curtis A. Roach, Asesor Regional sobre Seguridad ...
