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  2. COVID-19 Impact on Shipping

COVID-19 Impact on Shipping

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The COVID-19 outbreak is affecting the lives and work of people in the EU and all across the globe. Since the start of the COVID19 crisis, the Commission, the Member States and the shipping industry have been taking measures to ensure the continuity of operations and thus the security of supply. 

The situation is evolving day by day and the effects could be long-term. What shipping will look like post COVID-19 is unclear, however EMSA has the necessary data and tools to analyse the impact of the pandemic on certain shipping activities by analysing vessel traffic data and providing reliable figures to assist in the definition of the recovery policies and specific measures. These figures should assist all parties involved (EU, maritime administrations and shipping industry) in determining a recovery strategy to overcome the economic crisis that Europe is facing.

The objective of this report is to provide figures on the impact of COVID-19 on shipping traffic; it is based on solid vessel movements statistics showing the port call trends without interpreting the statistical data. The report could not serve the purpose of an economic impact analysis since the trade volumes are not available in the EMSA systems. The report focuses mainly on EU ports and EU flagged ships, but there are also statistics about the shipping routes from Europe to China and from Europe to the US have been affected.

Since January 2022 the report is updated on a quarterly basis and will be published every second Friday of the first month of the quarter.

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  • July 2022 - COVID-19 Impact on Shipping Report

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  • April 2022 - COVID-19 Impact on Shipping Report

    pdf COVID-19 impact on shipping - 1st quarter 2022.pdf
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  • January 2022 - COVID-19 Impact on Shipping Report

    pdf COVID-19 impact on shipping - 20 January 2022.pdf
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  • December 2021 - COVID-19 Impact on Shipping Report

    pdf COVID-19 impact on shipping - 10 December 2021.pdf
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  • November 2021 - COVID-19 Impact on Shipping Report

    pdf COVID-19 impact on shipping - 12 November 2021.pdf
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  • October 2021 - COVID-19 Impact on Shipping Report

    pdf COVID-19 impact on shipping - 08 October 2021.pdf
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  • September 2021 - COVID-19 Impact on Shipping Report

    pdf COVID-19 impact on shipping - 10 September 2021.pdf
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  • August 2021 - COVID-19 Impact on Shipping Report

    pdf COVID-19 impact on shipping - 17 August 2021.pdf
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  • July 2021 - COVID-19 Impact on Shipping Report

    pdf COVID-19 impact on shipping - 09 July 2021.pdf
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  • June 2021 - COVID-19 Impact on Shipping Report

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