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    Anne Kerriou
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    Graduated from the Superior School of Journalism in Lille, Anne spent most of her career in the international trade and logistics press, before joining Upply.

    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

    Tariff war boosts March air freight traffic

    Global air freight traffic registered a surprising 4.4% year-on-year increase in March, probably due to early ordering to beat the introduction of trade tariffs. As a result, transport prices increased on certain trade routes. 1/ Supply and demand Traffic in March 2025 By provoking a drive to stock ...
    Anne Kerriou
    May 14 2025
    5 min

    The UK remains an attractive market for road transport

    SPECIAL FEATURE 3/5. As elsewhere in Europe, road transport plays a major role in the movement of goods in the United Kingdom. The size of the British economy makes it an attractive market, even if the last two years have been difficult. In 2019, the last full year before Brexit came into effect, th...
    Anne Kerriou
    May 02 2025
    9 min

    Air freight traffic slowdown confirmed

    Global air freight traffic fell for the first in 18 months in February 2025. Transport prices are falling generally and the prospect of a trade war is causing concern. 1/ Supply and demand trends Traffic in February 2025 World air freight traffic in tonne-kilometres dipped 0.1% year on year in Febru...
    Anne Kerriou
    April 15 2025
    6 min

    United Kingdom: an economy damaged but not sunk by Brexit

    SPECIAL FEATURE 1/5 – The second largest European power in terms of GDP and population, the United Kingdom chose to leave the European Union. Five years after Brexit, its economy has not collapsed but trade in goods has suffered, and the logic of blocks that is strengthening on a global scale increa...
    Anne Kerriou
    April 11 2025
    8 min

    Containers: 2024 ranking of the world's major ports

    INFOGRAPHICS. American and European ports have returned to growth in 2024, at a steady pace for the former and more moderate for the latter. Their Asian counterparts have mostly benefited from renewed Western and intra-Asian demand. 1/ The global Top 20 In 2024, the world's top 20 ports generated a ...
    Anne Kerriou
    April 03 2025
    9 min

    Air freight market cools slightly at start of 2025

    Global air freight traffic increased for the 18th consecutive month in January 2025 but capacity increased faster than demand, pushing transport prices down. 1/ Supply and demand Traffic in January 2025 Global air freight traffic, measured in tonne-kilometres, increased 3.2% year on year in January ...
    Anne Kerriou
    March 18 2025
    6 min

    The trend in heavy goods vehicle registrations in 2024

    INFOGRAPHICS. Registrations of medium and heavy commercial vehicles over 3.5 T fell by 6.3% in the European Union in 2024. Spain and the Netherlands are the only countries in the Top 15 where registrations have seen an increase. 1/ European market Registrations of vehicles over 3.5 T are down The ec...
    Anne Kerriou
    March 05 2025
    6 min

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