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    Air freight: a significant but temporary rebound

    Global air cargo traffic grew by 5.8% year-on-year in April, following a strong month of March. But the overall forecast for the year has been revised downwards. 1/ The evolution of supply and demand Traffic for April 2025 According to figures from the International Air Transport Association (IATA),...
    Anne Kerriou
    June 12 2025
    4 min
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    Trade war pause allows business to resume

    BAROMETER. The reduction in customs duties between the United States and China has provisionally revived ordering on the Asia-US corridor and, with it, the container shipping business. The absence of visibility continues to perturb the sector, however. 1/ Main developments Provisional calm in China-...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    June 11 2025
    2 min

    Spain: changes in road freight rates in Q1 2025

    The dynamism of the Spanish economy helped maintain road freight rates in 2024. The trend continued through Q1 2025 on the domestic market and on certain international routes. For several months now, Spain has been experiencing economic growth that is significantly higher than the European average. ...
    Daniel Solano
    June 05 2025
    2 min
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    European road freight: general price decline in Q1 2025

    Road freight transport prices in Europe showed a quarter-on-quarter decrease in the first quarter of 2025, both on the contract market and the spot market. Once the effects of the end-of-year peak season had passed, the European road freight transport market began to decline again. In the first quar...
    Anne Kerriou
    May 28 2025
    3 min

    The different strategies behind container service blank sailings

    The shipping companies have learned to use sailing cancellations for both defensive and offensive purposes. The position in the current first half of 2025 pleads in favour of a defensive approach. According to Upply's shipping expert, Jérôme de Ricqlès, a distinction needs to be made between blank s...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    May 26 2025
    4 min
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    French road transport prices and business climate remain in decline

    BAROMETER. Road transport prices continued to fall in April, driven by the drop in oil prices. The decline in volumes is worrying in the longer term, as any reversal in energy prices would generate a cataclysm for carriers. French economic activity grew by only 0.1% in the first quarter of 2025, acc...
    William Béguerie
    May 23 2025
    3 min

    Post-Brexit erosion of traffic through British ports

    SPECIAL FEATURE 5/5. British ports handled 422.8 million tonnes of goods in 2024. As such the British port industry is among the most important in Europe, but it has lost ground since Brexit. The United Kingdom has 51 major ports, stretching from Dover in the southeast of the country to Belfast in N...
    Hervé Deiss
    May 21 2025
    7 min
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    Container freight rate fall-off remained limited in April

    BAROMETER. Overall, the container shipping market kept a relatively cool head in April, thanks, notably, to China's carefully measured response to the trade war started by Donald Trump. Main developments Tariff debate focuses on China-US relations US president Donald Trump has monopolised media atte...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    May 16 2025
    3 min

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