Transport and logistics: Sources

Shipping, road, rail and air freight, warehousing and passenger transport operators

Sources

1. Review of Maritime Transport 2025, Chapter 1 UNCTAD, 2025
2. Middle East disruptions and high fuel prices halve airline industry profitability IATA, 2026
3. Largest container shipping companies at the end of H1 2026 (Alphaliner Top 100 data) Container News, 2026
4. India's logistics cost pegged at 7.97% of GDP in first systematic study (reporting DPIIT-NCAER, including fuel's share of road-freight cost) Outlook Business, 2025
5. Road to rail: unlocking India's freight potential World Bank, 2025
6. Airbus reports 793 commercial aircraft deliveries in 2025 Airbus, 2026
7. Data insights: maritime and other transport (shipbuilding by country, 2025) UNCTADstat, 2026
8. Assessment of Logistics Cost in India (DPIIT-NCAER), summary Press Information Bureau, Government of India, 2025