Building AIS-based nowcasts for seaborne trade
Barney Bruce-Smythe, Senior Associate (London)
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Below we summarise key findings from a new working paper from the IMF, which proposes a set of algorithms for constructing indicators of world seaborne trade using AIS (Automatic Identification System) data from vessels.