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    Containers: traffic from the world's major ports in 2023

    INFOGRAPHICS. American and European ports have recorded a sharp decline in container activity in 2023. Their Asian counterparts, on the other hand, are maintaining a good momentum. 1/ The world's Top 20 In 2023, the world's top 20 ports generated cumulative traffic of 387.5 million TEUs, up by 1.24%...
    Anne Kerriou
    April 03 2024
    5 min

    Shipping company profitability in 2024

    Will the economic and geopolitical situation allow shipping companies to make a profit in 2024 ? Our expert, Jérôme de Ricqlès, takes the plunge and tries to provide you with some replies to the question. This year, Upply is once again publishing its annual analysis of the outlook for the financial ...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    March 29 2024
    7 min

    Emerging Connections: Evolving Trade Among Diversification Locations

    The diversification of supply chains is creating emerging flows that are set to grow. A challenge to be met, but also opportunities to be seized for the transport and logistics sector. Over the past few years, the subject of global supply chain diversification has been very widely discussed. Most at...
    Ganyi Zhang
    March 28 2024
    8 min
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    Air freight growth driven by Red Sea crisis

    BAROMETER. Global air freight traffic increased 18.4% year on year in January 2024 to 20.8 billion tonne-kilometres. Rates, however, remain on a downward trend. The air freight industry is sending out contradictory signals in this early part of 2024. Cargo volumes generally matched expectations. Tra...
    Anne Kerriou
    March 21 2024
    6 min
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    France: stagnation of road transport prices in February

    BAROMETER. Road freight transport prices in France stopped falling in February, but the sector remains in turmoil. Declining demand is weighing on freight rates. The deteriorating economic situation is beginning to be felt on the ground. According to data published by INSEE, the business climate in ...
    William Béguerie
    March 18 2024
    2 min

    Economy of containerised maritime freight in a context of war economy

    The expression "war economy" is coming back in force in European political rhetoric. Turning words into actions would have a real impact on containerised shipping. "How to refer to a "war economy" without being at war yourself ?", headlined the newspaper Le Monde in an article of January 10, 2024 (a...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    March 15 2024
    4 min
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    Shipping companies keep their heads above water in first quarter

    BAROMETER. The rise in freight rates in the Asia-Europe trade is slowing but transpacific rates are continuing to climb. The crisis in the Red Sea is have a particularly heavy impact on the Mediterranean market. Most container ships are continuing to go round the Cape of Good Hope to avoid coming un...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    March 14 2024
    3 min

    Divergent Paths: EU and US trade with the Indo-Pacific region

    In recent years, the European Union and the United States have shown increased interest in developing their trade with the Indo-Pacific region. However, their approaches and results are not entirely homogenous. The fast-growing Indo-Pacific region has drawn wide attention from both the European Unio...
    Ganyi Zhang
    March 08 2024
    9 min

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