Brunei Darussalam Maritime Transport Profile 2026

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BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

MARITIME TRANSPORT PROFILE

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Maritime assets

Port area in 2025

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Ships built by country of building, annual

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Merchant fleet by country of beneficial ownership, annual

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Trade - Navigation total

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Water transport employment

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Activity

Container port throughput

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Port call and performance statistics

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Trade mode share

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Port Activity

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Trade openness index

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Seafarer supply

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Top 10 Freight Transport Expenditure in USD (Import)

Source: UNCTAD & World Bank. (n.d.). TransportCosts. UN Trade & Development Data Hub - Trade-and-Transport Dataset, Annual, 2016 Onward. Retrieved May 1, 2025, from https://unctadstat.unctad.org/datacentre/dataviewer/US.TransportCosts

Top 10 Freight transport work in thousand ton-km (Import)

Top 10 Freight Transport Expenditure in USD (Export)

Top 10 Freight transport work in thousand ton-km (Export)

Connectivity and performance

LPI

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Liner shipping connectivity index

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Port liner shipping connectivity index

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Bilateral liner shipping connectivity index

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Trade cost

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Container port performance index

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Remoteness index

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Sustainable freight transport index

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Percent of firms identifying transport as a major constraint

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Shipping emissions

EDGAR GHG 2025

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Transport energy consumption

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EDGAR AP 8.1

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GAINS emissions

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Adaptation and resilience

Average annual loss

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Port risk

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Investment on ports

Development financing

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Private participation in infrastructure

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Policy Targets

Shipping improvement - General


Strategic Plan for Ministry of Transport and Infocommunications	2020	3 new maritime and ports related businesses established by 2025	2025

Policy Measures


Second Voluntary National Review - BRN	Shipping port infrastructure improvements	The country is also enhancing its port industry among which, through the Muara Port Company (MPC), Brunei Darussalam is doubling its capacity to accommodate increased future volume from local industries and international cargoes. Quay length would be expanded from 250 metres to 500 metres to accommodate two vessels at a time, increasing port capacity to handle 500,000 TEUs from 250,000 TEUs per annum by 2026.	2023
Strategic Plan for Ministry of Transport and Infocommunications	Shipping improvement - General	3 new maritime and ports related businesses established by 2025	2020
Review to Formulate a Roadmap and Draft National Masterplan for a Sustainable Land Transportation System for Brunei Darussalam	Inland waterways (IWT) improvement - General	Encourage public transport services by water bus and water taxi in BSB and other areas of Brunei as appropriate, with the focus on maintaining health and safety standards, improving vessel quality, comfort and enhancing landing points to provide interchange with other transport modes for onward connections.	2014
Review to Formulate a Roadmap and Draft National Masterplan for a Sustainable Land Transportation System for Brunei Darussalam	Rural transport infrastructure	Completion of defined rural road, water transport and other transport infrastructure and services	2014
Review to Formulate a Roadmap and Draft National Masterplan for a Sustainable Land Transportation System for Brunei Darussalam	Rural transport services	Enhancement of Demand Responsive Transport and local service provision in rural areas in line with technology development	2014

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