# **Table of Contents**

|**_Abstract ........................................................................................................................................ i_**|
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|**_Abbreviations ............................................................................................................................. iv_**|
|**_1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 1_**|
|What is the World Bank Logistics Performance Index (LPI)? ........................................................................ 1|
|Moving towards Big Data.............................................................................................................................. 2|
|Digitization and new opportunities: massive tracking data .......................................................................... 3|
|**_2. Data sources ............................................................................................................................ 4_**|
|Universal Postal Union (Postal data) ............................................................................................................. 4|
|Cargo iQ (Air cargo data) ............................................................................................................................... 7|
|TradeLens (Container tracking data) ............................................................................................................. 9|
|MDST and Marine Traffic (Container ship tracking data)............................................................................ 11|
|**_3. Definition and processing of KPIs ............................................................................................ 12_**|
|From tracking data to country indicators.................................................................................................... 12|
|Definition of the KPI .................................................................................................................................... 13|
|Level of availability and country level aggregation ..................................................................................... 16|
|Data cleaning and consistency .................................................................................................................... 16|
|Potential biases with the data..................................................................................................................... 18|
|Potential for more indicators from the existing data.................................................................................. 19|
|**_4. Conclusions and future directions ........................................................................................... 19_**|
|**_References ................................................................................................................................. 20_**|
|**_Appendix 1: Container tracking data from TradeLens .................................................................. 22_**|
|**_Appendix 2: Postal data from the Universal Postal Union (UPU) .................................................. 30_**|
|**_Appendix 3: Air cargo tracking data from Cargo iQ ..................................................................... 34_**|
|**_Appendix 4: Container ship tracking datasets ............................................................................. 36_**<br>MDS Transmodal ......................................................................................................................................... 36|

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