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    Air freight: 2024 ranking of the world's main airports

    INFOGRAPHICS. The world’s airports handled more than 124 million tonnes of cargo in 2024, representing a year-on-year growth of 8.4%. 1/ The global Top 20 According to preliminary results published by Airports' Council International (ACI), freight volumes handled by the world’s airports rose again i...
    Anne Kerriou
    June 25 2025
    5 min
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    Road transport prices rose in May on the French market

    BAROMETER. Road transport prices have risen in May, despite low oil prices and declining activity. They have been driven up by spot prices, which likely benefited from a month full of public holidays and long weekends. As the months go by and the twists and turns of the trade war launched by Donald ...
    William Béguerie
    June 19 2025
    2 min

    E-commerce: the sights are clearly set on customs duty exemptions

    The European Union and the United States sought to promote the free movement of goods by exempting small packages of negligible value from customs duties. Both powers now recognise the limits of this approach and want to remedy them. In an effort to facilitate trade, several years ago the United Sta...
    Camille Brugier
    June 18 2025
    10 min
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    Air freight: a significant but temporary rebound

    Global air cargo traffic grew by 5.8% year-on-year in April, following a strong month of March. But the overall forecast for the year has been revised downwards. 1/ The evolution of supply and demand Traffic for April 2025 According to figures from the International Air Transport Association (IATA),...
    Anne Kerriou
    June 12 2025
    4 min
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    Trade war pause allows business to resume

    BAROMETER. The reduction in customs duties between the United States and China has provisionally revived ordering on the Asia-US corridor and, with it, the container shipping business. The absence of visibility continues to perturb the sector, however. 1/ Main developments Provisional calm in China-...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    June 11 2025
    2 min

    Spain: changes in road freight rates in Q1 2025

    The dynamism of the Spanish economy helped maintain road freight rates in 2024. The trend continued through Q1 2025 on the domestic market and on certain international routes. For several months now, Spain has been experiencing economic growth that is significantly higher than the European average. ...
    Daniel Solano
    June 05 2025
    2 min

    European road freight: general price decline in Q1 2025

    Road freight transport prices in Europe showed a quarter-on-quarter decrease in the first quarter of 2025, both on the contract market and the spot market. Once the effects of the end-of-year peak season had passed, the European road freight transport market began to decline again. In the first quar...
    Anne Kerriou
    May 28 2025
    3 min

    The different strategies behind container service blank sailings

    The shipping companies have learned to use sailing cancellations for both defensive and offensive purposes. The position in the current first half of 2025 pleads in favour of a defensive approach. According to Upply's shipping expert, Jérôme de Ricqlès, a distinction needs to be made between blank s...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    May 26 2025
    4 min

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