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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.

    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

    Europe: general decline in road transport prices

    Prices for road freight transport in Europe fell in the first quarter of 2023, both on the contract market and on the spot market. However, they remain much higher than the pre-pandemic level. The Ti/Upply/IRU index of road transport prices in Europe for the first quarter of 2023 bears the scars of ...
    Anne Kerriou
    May 25 2023
    4 min

    Air freight: the continuing decline in traffic and prices

    Air cargo volumes again fell in March, both year-on-year and compared to pre-pandemic levels. The erosion of freight rates is also continuing. Data released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) for March 2023 show a continued decline in measured demand in tonne-kilometres of -7.7% y...
    Anne Kerriou
    May 17 2023
    5 min

    Germany, Europe's rail freight champion

    SPECIAL FEATURE 4/5. Germany has by far the largest European rail freight market with a total traffic of 123 billion tonne-kilometres in 2021, or about 31% of the EU total. Germany is the main contributor to rail freight transport performance in the EU, with 123 billion tonne-kilometres (tkm) in 202...
    Anne Kerriou
    April 21 2023
    8 min

    Air freight: a slight improvement in February

    Air cargo volumes continued to decline in February year-on-year, but at a slower pace. Freight rates remain mostly on a downward trajectory. February 2023 marks the 12th consecutive month of decline for the world's air cargo industry. According to data published by the International Air Transport As...
    Anne Kerriou
    April 19 2023
    6 min

    Road transport: a coveted German market

    SPECIAL FEATURE 3/5. Road freight transport (RFT) accounts for almost three quarters of the total goods transported by land in Germany, and this share is expected to increase in the coming years. A pie that attracts competitors of the German flagged companies. As elsewhere in Europe, road transport ...
    Anne Kerriou
    April 13 2023
    12 min

    Germany: the new challenges facing Europe’s economic powerhouse

    SPECIAL FEATURE 1/5 – Germany has built its economic power on its manufacturing capacity, its integration into international trade, and a powerful transport and logistics ecosystem to which we have decided to devote a series of articles. We start with an economic overview of the country, which highl...
    Anne Kerriou
    March 31 2023
    10 min

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