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    White Paper: Spanish freight transport in 2022

    The slowdown in the Spanish economy in 2022 has weighed on the development of road and rail freight transport. Port traffic and air freight have also suffered from this economic context, which has been exacerbated by international tensions. Spanish GDP grew by 5.5% over 2022 as a whole, but growth s...
    Daniel Solano
    August 04 2023
    2 min

    Overview of freight transport in Germany

    Germany has developed a powerful transport and logistics ecosystem, serving its economic influence on a European and global scale. Our white paper ‘Special Germany’ provides an overview of the sector. As Europe's leading economy and the 4th largest in the world, Germany is characterised by the impor...
    Anne Kerriou
    July 27 2023
    2 min

    2023 Financial Panorama of the World's Leading Transport Groups

    Most of the world's leading transport and logistics companies experienced strong growth in their financial results in 2022. However, the economic slowdown since the 2nd half of the year is leading to a gradual rebalancing of the balance of power between shippers and service providers. In 2021, the e...
    Anne Kerriou
    July 21 2023
    4 min
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    French road transport rates fell in June

    BAROMETER. Road transport rates fell in June 2023, as did costs, in a morose economic climate. Market consolidation picked up speed. The French economy saw inflation fall markedly in June. Consumer prices increased 4.5% year on year after having risen by 5.1% in May and 5/9% in April. June was the t...
    William Béguerie
    July 19 2023
    2 min

    Air freight rates and cargo volumes continue to decline

    BAROMETER. Demand for air freight services in May 2023 was still lower than it was in the same month last year. And, since available capacity is increasing, freight rates are continuing to fall. Demand for air freight services fell 5.2% year on year in May, according to figures from the Internationa...
    Anne Kerriou
    July 13 2023
    5 min
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    Shipping companies powerless against market turnaround

    BAROMETER. The first half was a very morose one for the container shipping companies and the big NVOCCs. They were obliged to look on powerlessly as their operating results continued to be dragged down by plunging revenues, cargo volumes and profit margins. Cargo volumes fell back from their post-Co...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    July 11 2023
    2 min

    UK’s Indo-Pacific Tilt: what trade tells us

    In 2021, the UK theorized a political desire to develop its relations with the Indo-Pacific region. However, trade figures show that results remain limited for the time being. By positioning itself as a European country with global interests, the UK presented its Indo-Pacific tilt in 2021, aimed at ...
    Ganyi Zhang
    July 06 2023
    10 min

    Our scenarios for container shipping in S2 2023

    Morosity is the order of the day in this early part of the second semester. Restructuring and industry recomposition look to be inevitable. At the start of the year, we gave three possible scenarios for the container shipping business in 2023, as the overheating of the world economy finally ended bu...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    July 04 2023
    6 min

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