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    Road transport: the inexorable inflation of energy costs

    SPECIAL REPORT 1/3. Road transport costs have risen dramatically over the last year, driven by the soaring prices, that of diesel but especially that of gas. A trend that is reshuffling the cards of energy transition. Road hauliers are struggling for air. The sharp rise in energy costs over the year...
    Grégoire Hamon
    November 04 2022
    5 min

    India: Progressing in the More Politicized Global Supply Chain

    The pandemic and the changing geopolitical dynamics have highlighted India as a promising supply chain diversification option. Using the latest trade and investment data, this article explores India’s current standing in the changing supply chain reconfiguration. Asymmetrical Trade Position Overall,...
    Ganyi Zhang
    November 02 2022
    10 min

    High retail stock levels cause drastic reduction in new orders

    The shipping companies are seeing a slowdown in demand for space for goods leaving China for Europe. High stock levels and the absence of visibility regarding future prospects are paralysing business activity.  Since the start of July, ocean freight rates on Asia-Europe routes have been falling afte...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    October 28 2022
    3 min
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    Road transport in France : the 2021 results in figures

    The Bank of France and the Comité National Routier (CNR, National Road Transport Committee) have just published new data which confirms that the road transport sector recovered in 2021 prior to the return of major new uncertainties. 1/ Financial data Source: Bank of France – ACSEL Survey "Economic a...
    Anne Kerriou
    October 26 2022
    5 min

    Mixed signals as air freight moves into the peak season

    BAROMETER. Global air freight traffic suffered a fresh 8.3% year-on-year reduction in August 2022 and, despite some positive signals, the peak season promises to be very lacklustre. The period of overheating experienced by the global air freight industry has well and truly come to end, just as it ha...
    Anne Kerriou
    October 20 2022
    4 min

    European road transport: 2021 in 5 infographics

    Eurostat's 2021 summary of road freight transport statistics in Europe was published on 29 September. We present an outline of the main lessons in 5 charts. 1/ The main European flag States After experiencing a decline of 1% in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, EU road freight transport activity (E...
    Anne Kerriou
    October 18 2022
    4 min
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    France: Road transport prices continue to plateau in September

    BAROMETER. With a slight decline of -0.2% in September, the Upply Freight Index demonstrates the resistance in road transport prices in France, despite a decelerating economy. The month of September has seen France enter into a form of decline. Firstly, there is the energy crisis, with the announcem...
    William Béguerie
    October 14 2022
    2 min
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    Containers: a delay in the peak season

    BAROMETER. The soft-landing scenario for Asia-Europe freight rates continues, fuelled by the joint action of a low level of orders and the presence of large stocks in Western warehouses. The Covid-19 crisis has undoubtedly shattered the traditional cycles of containerised maritime shipping. After 18...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    October 12 2022
    2 min

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