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    Europe wants to increase its role in transport connectivity

    Two new EU policy initiatives will influence transport connectivity strategy. We offer an analysis of these texts, with a focus on the Europe-Asia connection. On September 15th, the EU Commission presented its Indo-Pacific strategy as well as a new infrastructure investment scheme called “Global Gat...
    Ganyi Zhang
    October 15 2021
    7 min

    Road transport prices are still plateauing in September

    Road transport prices in France rose only very slightly again in September 2021, according to our Upply barometer. A situation that is likely to be transitory given the shortage of drivers and the inflation of energy prices. Following 2020, a year that was impacted by the health crisis, this Septemb...
    William Béguerie
    October 12 2021
    2 min

    Turbulent conditions for 2022 ocean freight contract negotiations

    The shipping companies look likely to change the rules as the new annual freight contract negotiating season gets under way in the container shipping sector. The contract negotiating season generally gets under way in early autumn in the container shipping sector and comes to a final end in June the...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    October 08 2021
    3 min
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    CMA CGM signs win-win rescue deal with Brittany Ferries

    CMA CGM and Brittany Ferries announced on 14 September that they were forming a passenger and freight partnership. The agreement provides a lifeline for Brittany Ferries but also important commercial benefits for CMA CGM. Brittany Ferries, which is based in Roscoff, close to the tip of the Brittany ...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    October 05 2021
    3 min

    Shortage of drivers in Europe reaches critical threshold

    The shortage of truck drivers is now reaching a critical point, especially in Europe. A factor that should affect the evolution of transport prices. It's the kind of refrain that we've been hearing for years: road transport is chronically labour-poor. But it seems that we are now reaching a critical...
    William Béguerie
    October 01 2021
    6 min

    Why shipping needs regular services

    Restoring quality of service in container shipping necessarily involves respecting weekly service frequency. The shipping companies are not in a hurry to do this, however. 1/ Why regularity is essential for quality of service in container shipping In so-called "regular" line container shipping, the ...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    September 28 2021
    4 min

    The rebound in the global economy creates strong tensions

    It is likely to be several months before the global supply chain can emerge from the area of turbulence it entered into in 2021 due to the explosion in demand. After the 3.2% decline in GDP recorded in 2020, according to figures from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the world economy benefited...
    David Thebault
    September 24 2021
    6 min

    Global air freight demand stabilised in July

    Growth in air freight volumes and prices slowed in July 2021 but the trend has begun to reverse in the current late summer period, indicating that the peak season is getting under way. Latest IATA figures show that global demand for air freight rose 8.6% in July 2021 by comparison with July 2019. Al...
    Anne Kerriou
    September 20 2021
    3 min

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