Around 80% of international trade in goods is carried by sea, giving ports a crucial role in global production and distribution networks.Consequently, port management features high on the agenda at the first-ever UN Global Supply Chain Forum currently underway in Barbados through 24 May.The weeklong forum seeks to tackle, among others, the most pressing issues facing ports worldwide, ranging from building resilient supply chain and leveraging digital technology to advancing environmental sustainability.
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Argentina s future government of President-elect Javier Milei intends to privatize the Paraná Paraguay Waterway and bidding documents have already been drafted, but collecting tolls would remain in place, it was reported Thursday in Buenos Aires. Future Infrastructure Minister Guillermo Ferraro is said to have been working on the issue for weeks.
The Paraná River is the waterway through which a large part of the area's primary goods are exported. Today, its economic importance has sparked an unexpected diplomatic conflict between Argentina and the countries with which it shares the basin