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    Emissions quotas bring shipping companies fresh profits…and problems

    The inclusion of the shipping sector in the European Union's Emissions Trading System means additional revenues for the shipping companies but also the risk of conflicts with their shipper clients. Since 1 January 2024, shipping has been included in the European Union's Emissions Trading system (ETS...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    April 30 2024
    8 min

    Italy: a dense and mostly efficient port ecosystem

    SPECIAL FEATURE 3/5. The main Italian ports handled a cumulative traffic of 11.03 million TEUs in 2023. Gateways to and from the country's territory, they also play a role as a hub for southern Europe for some actors. The Italian port ecosystem is characterised by a dual function. As in all countrie...
    Hervé Deiss
    April 26 2024
    8 min

    Air freight industry gets off to a dynamic start in 2024

    BAROMETER. World air freight traffic increased by 11.9% year on year in February 2024 to 19.7 billion tonne-kilometres. Prices are rising again on Asia-Europe routes. In February 2024, the air freight industry registered its third consecutive month of two-figure, year-on-year growth, as traffic grew...
    Anne Kerriou
    April 23 2024
    5 min
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    Italy: dynamic road transport despite its infrastructure

    SPECIAL FEATURE ITALY 2/5. The Italian road haulage market has performed mostly above the European average in recent years, despite glaring infrastructure shortcomings. In 2022, the Italian road freight transport market passed the one billion tonne mark, which had not occurred since 2013, thanks to ...
    Ariel F. Dumont
    April 16 2024
    9 min
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    Road transport prices in France are continuing to fall

    BAROMETER. Prices continued their long decline in March 2024, a sign that the volumes to be transported are still not picking up. A stabilisation of contract prices excluding diesel as well as the improvement in the morale of business leaders in April could possibly be a harbinger of spring. In Marc...
    William Béguerie
    April 15 2024
    2 min
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    Container traffic disruption set to continue in Red Sea

    BAROMETER. Traffic is still being disrupted in the Red Sea, but this has not prevented freight rates between Asia and Europe from flattening out. Thierry Blein, supply chain risk manager at the Renault automobile group, who was invited to speak at a conference entitled "Fifty shades of risk : what s...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    April 12 2024
    3 min

    Italy, one of Eurozone’s essential economies but a fragile one

    SPECIAL FEATURE 1/5. Italy is an important economic power in Europe, with real sectors of excellence. But the country must put into place structural reforms. With a GDP of €2,128 billion in 2023, according to the latest figures from the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), Italy ranks t...
    Ariel F. Dumont
    April 11 2024
    10 min

    Baltimore/Suez: are ships and infrastructure adapted to each other?

    The increase in the size and mass of container ships raises the question of their compatibility with the infrastructure supposed to accommodate them. At first glance, the blockage of the Suez Canal caused by the grounding of the Ever Given in March 2021 has little to do with the collapse of the Balt...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    April 05 2024
    5 min

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