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International barometer april 2021

Air freight in top form in March 2021

Demand for air freight reached its highest ever level in March. Cargo volumes exceeded pre-Covid levels and prices continued to show favorable growth. For the second consecutive month, global air freight volumes, measured in tonne-kilometres, exceeded pre crisis levels. In March 2021, growth was up ...
Anne Kerriou -
May 17 2021
5 min

Road transportation prices start to rise again in April

Road transportation prices resumed their rise in France in April 2021, according to our Upply barometer. The sector is also marked by an acceleration in external growth operations. In April 2021, France experienced its third lockdown since the beginning of the pandemic. The restrictive measures were...
William Beguerie
May 12 2021
2 min

EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement: a promising start

The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) entered into force on August 1st, 2020. An opportunity to examine the initial impacts and to analyze the prospects for the future. As the most ambitious FTA (free trade agreement) the EU has ever signed with a developing country, the EU-Vietnam Free Trade ...
Ganyi Zhang
May 11 2021
9 min
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Port terminals under pressure

Industrial relations are becoming increasingly strained in port terminals, which are being hit hard by the current disorganisation of the shipping lines. This poses a risk which the shipping companies should not take lightly. Container terminals need visibility to be able to plan their work and pers...
Jerome de Ricqles
May 04 2021
2 min

Air and ocean freight rates in an inflationary environment

Air and ocean freight rates remain at high levels, in an inflationary economic context.  The health crisis plunged most industrialised countries into a major economic recession. A vigorous but asymmetric recovery is in sight in the second quarter of 2021, driven by improved confidence among economic...
David Thebault
April 30 2021
2 min

The implications of road transportation charging

The charging of road transportation in Europe is a subject as essential as it is sensitive. Each development requires a clear definition of the objectives pursued, without losing sight of the emotional dimension of the subject.   The inventory of taxes, duties or other charges levied on road freight...
William Beguerie
April 27 2021
7 min

Air freight continues to benefit from a following wind

Demand for air freight increased again in February. Cargo volumes returned to pre-Covid levels, helped by the continuing disorganisation of supply chains. Freight rates stayed at high levels. The recovery is continuing in the air freight industry. Cargo volumes in February increased 9% over those fo...
Anne Kerriou -
April 21 2021
2 min

High ocean freight rates here to stay

Helped by strong demand, container shipping freight rates stayed at high levels in March. The prospect of an early summer turn-round in the market in favour of shippers is starting to look unlikely. The shipping companies are continuing to push average transport prices upwards. Clients are increasin...
Jerome de Ricqles
April 15 2021
2 min

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