156 review of maritime transport 2008 17 includes crude oil shale oil oil sands and ngls the liquid content of natural gas where this is recovered separately excludes liquid fuels from other sources such as biomass and coal derivatives. The review of maritime transport 2008 was prepared by a team led by vincent valentine of the transport section trade logistics branch division on technology and logistics unctad the principal authors were regina asariotis hassiba benamara jan hoffmann vincent valentine and gordon wilmsmeier. Review of maritime transport 2008 report by the unctad secretariat united nations new york and geneva 2008 125 chapter 7 every year the review of maritime transport focuses upon developments in a particular region last year the focus was on developments in asia while the previous year concentrated upon africa this year the focus of the regional review is on developments in latin . The review of maritime transport 2008 was prepared by a team led by vincent valentine of the transport section trade logistics branch division on technology and logistics unctad the principal authors were regina asariotis hassiba benamara jan hoffmann vincent valentine and gordon wilmsmeier