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    Container Shipping Market : Shippers take a different path

    BAROMETER. The shippers have found out how to get round the artificial pressure to increase rates in the container shipping market. Freight rates are no longer soaring despite persistent geopolitical tensions. The route round the Cape of Good Hope, which is a regression if ever there was one in term...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    October 11 2024
    2 min

    Road transport: analysis of the European Top 10 in 2023

    INFOGRAPHICS. European road freight transport declined in 2023, reflecting the economy in general. This drop is reflected in almost all the different countries' domestic fleets. Road freight transport activity fell by 3.2% in the European Union in 2023, according to the latest statistical report fro...
    Anne Kerriou
    October 08 2024
    9 min

    Containers: the world's main ports in the first half of 2024

    INFOGRAPHICS. In terms of container traffic, most of the world's ports returned to growth in the first half of 2024, particularly US ports. 1/The global Top 20 Data source: port authorities - na: non available.
    Anne Kerriou
    October 01 2024
    4 min
    New: European road transport price trends in Q3 2024
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    Containers: our recommendations for the 2024-2025 negotiating round

    Is it best to strike a deal quickly or to let the clock run down a bit before signing 2024-2025 contracts with the container shipping companies? Here are our recommendations for getting the best deal in the new contract negotiating season. It has escaped no one that the summer holidays are over. Com...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    September 26 2024
    2 min

    Air freight: a continuously very active market during the summer

    Air freight still showed good growth in July 2024, admittedly against a fairly low baseline. Freight rates remain high. 1/ The evolution of supply and demand Traffic July 2024 Global air cargo traffic grew 13.6% year-on-year in July, and 1.0% month-on-month on a seasonally adjusted basis, according ...
    Anne Kerriou
    September 24 2024
    7 min

    Nuclear-powered container shipping under study

    Nuclear propulsion had until now been excluded from the range of options for the decarbonisation of container shipping. In recent months, however, new projects have come under study. The container shipping industry has resolutely opted for decarbonisation but progress is slow. To achieve real net ze...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès and Anne Kerriou
    September 19 2024
    4 min
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    France: road transport prices rise again in August

    BAROMETER. French road transport seems to have benefited from an "enchanted interlude" of the Olympic Games in August, with a new increase in freight rates. But the sky is darkening. The Paris Olympic Games, which marked this month of August 2024, will undoubtedly remain etched in people's memories....
    William Béguerie
    September 17 2024
    2 min
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    Spot and contract rate gap starts to close

    BAROMETER. Attacks in the Red Sea are continuing to disrupt shipping activities, but spot rates are stationary. On the other hand, an increase in shipping company break-even levels, is impacting the contract market. When the shipping companies began to reroute in number round the Cape of Good Hope t...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    September 13 2024
    2 min

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