In 2016 in particular, as a result of the capital controls and low freight rates, receipts from sea transport services accounted for a mere 23% of total receipts in the services balance and financed 35% of the goods deficit, while net receipts (receipts less payments) accounted for 29% of the surplus of the services balance.
As I have already pointed out, available data for the January-September period suggest a partial return, during 2017, to the pre-2015 situation. This upturn may improve further in view of the anticipated relaxation of the capital controls, as well as on the back of higher freight rates in 4/7  BIS central bankers' speeches  international markets, mainly in the dry bulk sector.