Written by 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.

    World port traffic driven down by economic slowdown

    INFOGRAPHICS. Container traffic at the world's leading ports during the first half provided clear evidence of the sharp reduction in Western demand. The fall in traffic was particularly marked at ports in the United States. 1/ The leaders The economic slowdown, which began in 2022 is still in progre...
    Anne Kerriou
    August 29 2023
    5 min

    Air freight: slow improvement not enough to stop decline

    BAROMETER. World demand for air freight fell 8.1% in the first half of 2023 year on year and 3.4% in June alone. It is still below pre-pandemic levels despite a slow improvement in recent months. The erosion of global air freight traffic has been in progress for the last 16 months, culminating in Ja...
    Anne Kerriou
    August 23 2023
    5 min

    Overview of freight transport in Germany

    Germany has developed a powerful transport and logistics ecosystem, serving its economic influence on a European and global scale. Our white paper ‘Special Germany’ provides an overview of the sector. As Europe's leading economy and the 4th largest in the world, Germany is characterised by the impor...
    Anne Kerriou
    July 27 2023
    2 min

    2023 Financial Panorama of the World's Leading Transport Groups

    Most of the world's leading transport and logistics companies experienced strong growth in their financial results in 2022. However, the economic slowdown since the 2nd half of the year is leading to a gradual rebalancing of the balance of power between shippers and service providers. In 2021, the e...
    Anne Kerriou
    July 21 2023
    4 min

    Air freight rates and cargo volumes continue to decline

    BAROMETER. Demand for air freight services in May 2023 was still lower than it was in the same month last year. And, since available capacity is increasing, freight rates are continuing to fall. Demand for air freight services fell 5.2% year on year in May, according to figures from the Internationa...
    Anne Kerriou
    July 13 2023
    5 min

    Logistics Performance Index: 5 key figures

    The World Bank has published the 7th edition of its report “Connecting to Compete”, which presents the logistics performance index of 139 countries. Summary in 5 figures of this first post-Covid edition. Since 2007, the World Bank has published a logistics performance index by country, based on six ...
    Anne Kerriou
    June 27 2023
    4 min

    Economic Outlook: Persistent Weakness

    Global growth forecasts for 2023 and 2024 remain well below pre-pandemic levels. The volume of world trade will be considerably affected by this. In the headquarters of companies, it is time to review the 2023 budgets and prepare those for 2024. This is a very delicate exercise in the current contex...
    Anne Kerriou
    June 22 2023
    7 min

    Air freight traffic and revenue forecasts reduced

    BAROMETER. IATA has lowered its forecasts for 2023 after cargo volumes and prices stayed below their 2022 levels in April. Once again, in April 2023, global demand for air freight fell in tonne-kilometres fell. According to data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), there was a 6....
    Anne Kerriou
    June 13 2023
    5 min

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