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    Air freight growth slows down

    Worldwide air freight traffic rose in January 2022 but at a markedly slower rate than at the end of 2021. Prospects have been dimmed by the conflict in Ukraine. Worldwide demand for air freight in tonne-kilometres increased by 2.7% year-on-year in January 2022 and by 3.2% in the international sector...
    Anne Kerriou
    March 18 2022
    5 min
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    Road transport: war in Ukraine fuels price rises

    MONTHLY BAROMETER. Road transport prices in France rose again in February as shown by our Upply barometer. All the ingredients are in place to keep inflation high and sustainable… February was a month of stupefaction. It began with a dynamic feeling at the end of the fifth wave of Covid-19. The spik...
    William Béguerie
    March 15 2022
    2 min

    The geopolitical situation is keeping freight rates at high levels

    MONTHLY BAROMETER. As the pandemic continues to block any change in the situation in Asia, the war in Ukraine has come as a new blow to market operators which depend on shipping services. On 24 February 2022, Russia began its invasion of Ukraine. At the start of March, the leading shipping companies...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    March 11 2022
    2 min
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    Shipping and the environment : the race to reduce emissions

    The NGO platform Transport & Environment has attacked the European Commission's draft FuelEU Maritime regulation, arguing that it encourages the use of LNG fossil fuel. The shipping companies have no immediate alternative, however. European NGO platform Transport & Environment (T&E) has ...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    March 08 2022
    3 min

    Airports: Benelux airports strengthened by freight traffic recovery

    The 2021 freight traffic results of the leading European airports showed a general recovery. Liège, Luxembourg and Brussels made the greatest gains over the last two years, however, along with Leipzig, Cologne and Milan. According to preliminary data from the Airports Council International, freight ...
    Anne Kerriou
    March 04 2022
    5 min

    Do the shipping companies still find French ports attractive?

    The French ports are in a modest position in the container shipping rankings. They nevertheless have strong development potential and pulling power. At the end of 2021, France's three big container ports set a new container traffic record of more than 5.2 million teu. Dunkirk showed the strongest pr...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    March 01 2022
    5 min

    Asia-Europe rail freight attracts European investment

    Continued double-digit growth in rail freight between Asia and Europe is prompting Europe to invest in infrastructure. This article reviews the main emerging projects and their potential. By crossing the threshold of 50,000 train trips made since the launch of the services in 2011, rail freight betw...
    Ganyi Zhang
    February 25 2022
    11 min

    Europe: road transport prices continue to rise

    Road freight transport rates in Europe ended 2021 at a record high, under the combined effect of buoyant demand and sharply rising costs. The Ti/Upply index of road transport prices in Europe continues to break records. This was still the case in the 4th quarter of 2021, when this index reaches its ...
    Anne Kerriou
    February 23 2022
    4 min

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