PortWatch: monitor & simulate maritime trade flows

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PortWatch: monitor & simulate maritime trade flows

PortWatch (https://portwatch.imf.org/) is an open platform designed to monitor and simulate disruptions to maritime trade flows. The platform helps policymakers and the public assess the impact of realized and future trade shocks, such as natural disasters, based on real-time data sourced from the UN Global Platform (UNGP).

More recently, PortWatch provided alaysis on trade disruptions in the Red Sea, which has been featured in the media such as Financial Times.

The platform allows users to explore how global supply chains are exposed to present and future disruptions to port activity. Users can simulate the indirect spillover effects of port disruptions to other countries in the maritime trade network. Spillover analysis reveals which countries and sectors are at risk of experiencing trade disruptions, which can help inform timely responses to shocks.

PortWatch is a collaborative project between the IMF and the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford, in cooperation with ESRI, the UNGP, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization.

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