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    Changed conditions for 2024 container contract negotiating round

    The new container shipping contract negotiating round is getting under way. Should shippers sign up quickly or bide their time? Here are some considerations to be taken into account. The new contract tendering round has begun in the container shipping sector on a market which is very different from ...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    October 04 2023
    2 min

    Latin America at the crossroads of supply chain diversifications

    The United States, the European Union, and China are seeking closer trade links with Latin America. The region thus finds itself at the crossroads of three forms of supply chain diversification. Possessing the world’s largest resources of lithium, Latin America is now under the spotlight. The US and...
    Ganyi Zhang
    September 27 2023
    9 min

    Containerised maritime transport: 10 of the world's main hotspots

    Some shipping areas present particular risks to the smooth flow of containerised liner shipping, for a variety of reasons. An overview of these hot spots. The efficiency of containerised liner shipping depends on the regularity and fluidity of services. However a grain of sand can quickly cause the ...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    September 22 2023
    7 min
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    Transport prices stagnate in August on the French market

    BAROMETER. In August, French transport players were caught between the rise of diesel prices and the decline in volumes. This situation put a freeze on prices, in a summer when the burning issue of the TICPE (domestic consumption tax on energy products) was seriously heating up. Unlike the weather, ...
    William Béguerie
    September 19 2023
    2 min

    Air cargo traffic is growing slower than capacity

    Global air cargo traffic decreased by 0.8% in July 2023 year-on-year, but increased by 2.7% from the previous month. Increasing capacity, however, prevents the contraction in freight rates from being curbed. The air cargo industry recorded worldwide traffic of 20.7 billion tonne-kilometres in July 2...
    Anne Kerriou
    September 14 2023
    4 min
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    Freight rates: the shipping companies have adapted their strategies

    BAROMETER. Faced with the fall in container shipping freight rates, MSC is continuing to chase after additional market share with support from the leading NVOCCs. Its competitors, meanwhile, have opted for a defensive strategy. Month after month, it is becoming increasingly clear that the recovery i...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    September 13 2023
    3 min

    A Snapshot of the China-EU Rail Freight Market in S1 2023

    China-EU rail freight volumes on the main Eurasian corridor fell by 48% in the first semester of 2023, back to the pre-pandemic level of 2019. It has been a rollercoaster ride for the China-EU rail freight market over the past three years. Following the exponential growth in 2020 and 2021 came the R...
    Ganyi Zhang
    September 08 2023
    4 min

    Weaked economy impacting European road freight rates

    Road freight transport prices in Europe continued to fall in the 2nd quarter of 2023, affected by declining demand. The contract freight rate index even exceeds that of spot rates, for the first time in six years. Unsurprisingly, the deteriorating economic climate is having a downward impact on road...
    Anne Kerriou
    September 05 2023
    3 min

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