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    The truck driver shortage has got worse in 2022

    In its 2022 report on the shortage of truck drivers, the IRU notes that the situation is getting worse. Salary increases have not been enough to bring the numbers needed into the profession. The road haulage industry needs from now on to acknowledge that the shortage of drivers is a structural pheno...
    Anne Kerriou
    June 29 2022
    6 min

    Logistics: foreign investors attracted to France

    In 2021 France recorded an increase of 37% in logistics projects financed by foreign investors, compared to 2019's figures, as indicated by the latest barometer of the attractiveness of France published by the firm EY. For the third consecutive year, France is placed first in the European ranking in...
    Anne Kerriou
    June 21 2022
    4 min
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    France: road transport prices continued to rise in May

    BAROMETER. Road transport prices rose by a further 0.7% in May compared to April, according to the Upply Freight Index, driven in particular by the increase in diesel fuel. Although the looming threat of a recession is on the horizon, inflationary factors remain very strong. The economic situation i...
    William Béguerie
    June 17 2022
    2 min
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    Shipping companies' gambit pays off  

    BAROMETER. Despite weakening demand, the shipping companies kept control of the market in May. The gambit was a risky, one but it worked. Even the most experience supply chain managers must be succumbing to a form of fatalism at the moment, so little meaning has the term management in the internatio...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    June 15 2022
    2 min

    Air freight: further decline in volumes in April

    Global demand for air freight fell by 11.2% year-on-year in April 202. For the second consecutive month, volumes contracted. The decline in demand for air cargo is now confirmed and is gaining in momentum, as shown by the latest figures published by the International Air Transport Association (IATA)...
    Anne Kerriou
    June 10 2022
    5 min

    Financial incentives offered for quick return of empty containers

    In an attempt to tackle container shortages in the United States, CMA CGM has launched a financial incentive scheme. Could this really boost its business or is it just a gimmick? On 16 May, CMA CGM announced the launch of a financial incentive scheme to encourage customers to return their empty cont...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    June 08 2022
    3 min

    Demand for container shipping regulation recedes

    The likelihood of the commercial and operational practices of the container shipping companies being subjected to tighter regulatory control is diminishing, at least in Europe. The fall in freight rates has comforted the position of the European Commission, which has never been very keen on regulati...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    June 02 2022
    8 min

    Air freight: the astute alliance between Air France-KLM and CMA CGM

    The Air France-KLM Group and CMA CGM have announced the signing of a "long-term strategic partnership" in air cargo that is expected to come into effect in January 2023. A decisive alliance to secure a place on the world stage. Expertise, network, fresh funds. This trio is at the heart of the "strat...
    Anne Kerriou
    May 31 2022
    7 min

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