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    Supply-demand imbalance brings down air freight rates

    The air freight market has begun a difficult year. In January 2023, the fall in cargo volumes and the increase in transport capacity caused freight rates to drop. As expected, the world air freight industry has clearly entered a new zone of turbulence. According to the data published by the Internat...
    Anne Kerriou
    March 22 2023
    5 min

    Will the shipping companies make a profit in 2023?

    Regular line shipping companies will see their financial performances decline markedly in 2023 following the about-turn in the container shipping market. Some are better protected than others, however. The factors which enabled regular line shipping companies to rake in colossal profits in 2021 and ...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    March 20 2023
    9 min

    Containers: traffic from the world's major ports in 2022

    INFOGRAPHICS. In 2022 many of the world's ports saw a clear decline in their container traffic, after an outstanding year 2021. Asia, and in particular China, confirmed its domination. 1/The global Top 20 In 2022, the world's top 20 ports generated a cumulative traffic of 382.7 million TEUs, a sligh...
    Anne Kerriou
    March 16 2023
    6 min
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    Transport prices in France see a timid rise in February

    BAROMETER. Road transport prices in France stagnated in February. The impact of the rise in diesel prices and decrease in transported volumes explain this observation, in a socially tense context. The socio-economic situation in February was mixed. In shipping, energy, automotive or luxury industrie...
    William Béguerie
    March 13 2023
    3 min

    Impact of new globalisation for intra- and extra-Asian trade

    In a context of economic slowdown and the reorganisation of global supply chains, Intra- and Extra-Asian trade presented divergent pictures in 2022.
    Ganyi Zhang
    March 10 2023
    10 min
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    Market tests low points in ex-China container trades

    BAROMETER. Spot rates for goods leaving China are now lower than contract rates but, on other routes, prices have stayed at acceptable levels. "All that for that!" is what one is tempted to say as we leave a month of February which was disappointing for shipping companies and forwarders. Spot rates ...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    March 07 2023
    3 min

    European airports: an almost general decline in 2022

    Cargo traffic fell in 2022 at most major European airports, illustrating the end of the strong post-Covid recovery. According to preliminary data from the Airports' Council International (ACI), cargo traffic at European airports decreased by 5% in 2022, after experiencing a spectacular growth of 21....
    Anne Kerriou
    March 03 2023
    6 min

    United States opts for tighter controls over shipping

    In 2022, the United States adopted a law giving the Federal Maritime Commission greater powers in the shipping sector. The commission is going to need more manpower, however, if it wants to make use of its new powers. "This act revises requirements governing ocean shipping to increase the authority ...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    February 28 2023
    8 min

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