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    European road freight: weak demand weighs on spot rates

    Road freight transport prices in Europe rose slightly on the contract market in the second quarter of 2025. But they retreated on the spot market, due to weak demand. The European road freight transport market is facing contrasting demand dynamics, combined with an uncertain global economic climate....
    Anne Kerriou
    August 28 2025
    3 min

    Morose return to work for shipping companies

    The structural slowdown in East-West cargo volumes, coupled with the new US customs duties, does not augur well for shipping companies' second half results. This is not a time for rest in shipping companies' sales services. The race for cargo is in full swing, as 2025 traditional peak summer season ...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    August 26 2025
    5 min
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    France: Road transport prices follow diesel inflation

    BAROMETER. Road freight transport prices in France rose by 1.3% in July, driven by rising diesel prices. But beware, the volumes to be transported are decreasing and some signals seem to show a return to stagflation. In July 2025, private sector activity in France contracted for the 11th consecutive...
    William Béguerie
    August 21 2025
    3 min
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    Air freight: slowdown confirmed in June 2025

    June marked a significant slowdown for global air freight. New US trade policy is weakening global trade. Corridors linked to North America and the Middle East are particularly affected. 1/ The evolution of supply and demand Traffic June 2025 According to the International Air Transport Association ...
    Anne Kerriou
    August 14 2025
    5 min
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    Ocean freight rates: the driving forces of profitability are failing

    BAROMETER. In a context of sluggish demand, freight rates in container shipping are falling or at best stabilising depending on the market. The most profitable segments are affected. Highlights of the month Red Sea attacks resume After a period of calm, Houthis attacks on commercial ships resumed vi...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    August 13 2025
    2 min

    Overview of freight transport in the United Kingdom

    Five years after Brexit, the UK economy has not collapsed, but trade in goods has suffered, which has had an impact on the transport and logistics sector.
    Anne Kerriou
    August 08 2025
    3 min

    2025 Financial Panorama of the World's Leading Transport Groups

    In 2024, the freight rates increased in air and sea transport, while they stagnated in European road transport. Once again, external factors have been at play in the evolution of transport prices, alongside the classic parameter of supply-demand balance. Crises are becoming the norm, in an increasin...
    Anne Kerriou
    July 24 2025
    6 min

    How has China prepared for the new trade war?

    Having been unable to defend itself during the first trade war in 2018, China has since equipped itself with very effective tools of pressure and retaliation. The United States is the main target, but the European Union is also concerned. When Donald Trump announced the introduction of massive tarif...
    Camille Brugier
    July 22 2025
    8 min

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