Development of maritime transport: features and financial component in market conditions
Abstract
The article discusses financial, economic indicators and components in the field of maritime transport in many countries. Greece has an experience of intra-company lending, which lasted until the end of the 20th century. In many countries, there is a procedure for transferring funds by sea. The volume of global maritime trade more than doubled between 1990 and 2020. In 2020, the volume of global maritime trade was estimated at about 11 billion tons. The experience of the development of maritime transport in Italy, Greece, Kazakhstan, Sweden, Russia, China, Great Britain, Vietnam has been studied. In Kazakhstan, NMSK Kazmortransflot LLP has implemented a number of investment projects over 22 years of operation. The volume of investments amounted to more than 385 million US dollars. The number of loaded and unloaded goods in international maritime trade increased by about 39-43 percent between 2006 and 2020. In 2020, the volume of cargo shipped worldwide amounted to about 10.6 billion tons. Currently, vital goods such as coal, oil and gas are transported by ships to fuel the global economy. In 2020 alone, about 1.2 million tons of coal and almost 1.9 million tons of oil were transported by waterways.