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    Maritime transport: how to manage the risk of general average

    Shippers can sometimes be called to the rescue financially by shipping companies in the event of incidents on a ship, in the name of the principle of general average. A greater risk today than in the past. General average is an internationally recognised marine system, which allows certain losses an...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    April 26 2023
    5 min

    Germany, Europe's rail freight champion

    SPECIAL FEATURE 4/5. Germany has by far the largest European rail freight market with a total traffic of 123 billion tonne-kilometres in 2021, or about 31% of the EU total. Germany is the main contributor to rail freight transport performance in the EU, with 123 billion tonne-kilometres (tkm) in 202...
    Anne Kerriou
    April 21 2023
    8 min

    Air freight: a slight improvement in February

    Air cargo volumes continued to decline in February year-on-year, but at a slower pace. Freight rates remain mostly on a downward trajectory. February 2023 marks the 12th consecutive month of decline for the world's air cargo industry. According to data published by the International Air Transport As...
    Anne Kerriou
    April 19 2023
    6 min
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    Road transport prices in France were ''marking time'' in March

    BAROMETER. Road transport prices rose only slightly in March on the French market. However, everything points to a new cycle of rising transport prices. March is following the same pattern as February. Firstly, inflation continued to rise. Certain basic necessities, in particular, registered very si...
    William Béguerie
    April 14 2023
    2 min

    Road transport: a coveted German market

    SPECIAL FEATURE 3/5. Road freight transport (RFT) accounts for almost three quarters of the total goods transported by land in Germany, and this share is expected to increase in the coming years. A pie that attracts competitors of the German flagged companies. As elsewhere in Europe, road transport ...
    Anne Kerriou
    April 13 2023
    12 min
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    Fall in container freight rates gains ground

    BAROMETER. With economic conditions still unfavourable and a tense social climate, the container shipping sector is still in the woes. The fall in freight rates has now spread to the transatlantic trades. A page was turned in the month of March. Despite the fact that the virus is still very much pre...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    April 07 2023
    2 min

    China-Germany Trade following China’s Reopening

    SPECIAL FEATURE 2/5. Trade between Germany and China dominates all trade between China and the EU. But the economic and geopolitical contexts are causing some shifts. German-Chinese economic ties continue to thrive and dominate China's trade with the EU, though its importance in China-EU trade has d...
    Ganyi Zhang
    April 05 2023
    8 min

    Germany: the new challenges facing Europe’s economic powerhouse

    SPECIAL FEATURE 1/5 – Germany has built its economic power on its manufacturing capacity, its integration into international trade, and a powerful transport and logistics ecosystem to which we have decided to devote a series of articles. We start with an economic overview of the country, which highl...
    Anne Kerriou
    March 31 2023
    10 min

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