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    The outlook for European road transport in 2023

    Operating costs in road freight transport remain on the rise for 2023. The deterioration of the economy will have an impact on volumes, at least in the first half of the year. At the beginning of the year 2023, pessimism is rife. The economic slowdown is continuing, and some countries will not escap...
    William Béguerie
    January 20 2023
    2 min

    Air freight ends the year on a calm note

    Global air freight traffic fell again in November 2022 both year on year and in relation to its 2019 pre-pandemic level. The phenomenon is sufficiently rare as to warrant being underlined. In 2022, the air freight industry did not experience its traditional end-of-year peak season. It will be a numb...
    Anne Kerriou
    January 17 2023
    3 min
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    Container shipping market prepares for the next storm

    BAROMETER. Upply's data for the month of December confirms that the median rates charged by the container shipping industry have dropped sharply. With demand for goods from China still very weak, the shipping companies have cancelled a large number of port calls. Blank sailings are expected to be wi...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    January 10 2023
    2 min
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    Our three scenarios for container shipping in 2023

    The year 2023 will mark the end of windfall profits for shipping companies, in a context of profound transformation of freight flows. “For whosoever commands the sea commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself”." T...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    January 03 2023
    2 min
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    France: misleading rise in road transport prices in November

    BAROMETER. The Upply Freight Index shows a month-on-month rise in road transport prices in France in November 2022. This trend reflects the rise in diesel prices in the previous month, but not a net recovery in freight rates. According to an Elabe poll for BFMTV, 73% of the French population believe...
    William Béguerie
    December 15 2022
    2 min

    Negative factors accumulate in air freight

    Global air freight traffic fell 13.6% in October 2022 year on year. Persistent economic uncertainty is dampening prospects. Global demand for air freight in October increased 3.5% to 21.1 billion tonne-kilometres, compared to September, according to the International Association of Air Transporters ...
    Anne Kerriou
    December 14 2022
    5 min
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    Container shipping's bitter-tasting return to ''normality''

    BAROMETER. Ocean freight rates are continuing to fall, and the quality of shipping services is still lacking, even if port congestion is easing. The fast fall in freight rates for goods exported from China continued in November. Rates in other trades were less affected but the general trend was neve...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    December 09 2022
    3 min

    2022 review of road freight transport in Europe

    Rising transport prices driven by soaring fuel prices, increasing operating costs, and a sharp slowdown in demand at the end of the year in a context of high inflation: a look back at an eventful year 2022 for the road freight transport sector. The moment has come to devote some time for the traditi...
    William Béguerie
    December 06 2022
    10 min

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