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    Road transport prices driven up by fuel in January

    MONTHLY BAROMETER. Road transport prices in France increased again in January 2022, as indicated by our Upply barometer. Costs are soaring, in particular that of fuel, which is now the primary cost item for carriers. The month of January was marked by the gigantic spread of the Omicron variant, with...
    William Béguerie
    February 17 2022
    3 min

    Ocean freight rates crept up again in January 2022

    MONTHLY BAROMETER. Ocean freight rates increased slightly again in January before the Chinese New Year. Access to capacity and container availability are still the major problems. For shippers, the months follow each other but look the same. The new year began with strong demand to secure long-term ...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    February 15 2022
    3 min

    Air Freight 2021 - The recovery has brought major changes

    In 2021, global air freight volumes overtook their pre-pandemic level and freight rates broke all records. This has stimulated investment by the airlines, the freight forwarders...and the shipping companies! Air transport is high on the list of activities which will see its future radically affected...
    Anne Kerriou
    February 11 2022
    2 min
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    Shipping: If there had been no pandemic…

    Regular line shipping companies had been dictated to by the shippers for years and had run up heavy losses. The balance of power was suddenly reversed, however, by the Covid-19 pandemic and a return to pre-pandemic conditions now looks to be totally out of the question. After an already very comfort...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    February 08 2022
    5 min

    Economic outlook for 2022: slowdown and structural changes

    The year 2022 will mark the beginning of a cycle of slowing global growth, after the strong rebound recorded in 2021. International trade in goods is expected to see its growth decline from 10.8% in 2021 to 4.7% in 2022, and transport prices are expected to be persistently higher. In 2021, the globa...
    Anne Kerriou
    February 03 2022
    9 min

    The outlook for European road transport in 2022

    European road freight transport should benefit from a continuingly dynamic economy in 2022. On the other hand, the shortage of drivers, delays in the delivery of heavy goods vehicles and inflationary trends will weigh on activity. In 2021, transport demand followed the rebound of the economy. We hav...
    William Béguerie
    February 01 2022
    2 min

    What is the situation for China-Europe rail freight subsidies in 2022?

    The success of China-Europe rail freight raises the question of its subsidy policy. In 2022, an adjustment seems more likely than an outright end to subsidies. Rail freight between China and Europe continued to flourish in 2021. Such is the success of the service that there is continuing speculation...
    Ganyi Zhang
    January 28 2022
    9 min

    The prospects for container shipping in 2022

    After an exceptional financial year in 2021, the shipping companies want and seem to hold all the cards they need to do even better in 2022. You don't change a winning formula…In this early part of 2022, the shipping companies have every interest in pursuing the strategy which worked so well for the...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    January 25 2022
    2 min

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