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    Container shipping market: figures for the first half of the year

    INFOGRAPHICS. The financial results of the major maritime transport operators in the first half of 2022 show record profitability, despite the beginning of an erosion of volumes. While a reversal of the trend is emerging, with a sharp decline in freight rates, particularly on the Asia-Europe axis), ...
    Anne Kerriou
    October 07 2022
    3 min
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    Container shipping: the dynamics of the 2023 contract negotiations

    The start of the container shipping industry's annual negotiating round is marked by different rate trends in different trades. For shippers and shipping companies, October marks the start of the annual contract tendering process and preparations for next year's budget.
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    October 05 2022
    2 min

    Pros and cons of sail-powered container ships

    France is one of the countries pioneering sail-powered container shipping projects. The global energy crisis is generating increased interest in what seemed at first to be just a romantic dream. Photo credit: © Zephyr et Boree
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    September 29 2022
    6 min
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    Rail Freight: the reconfiguration of the China-Europe market

    The Russia-Ukraine war has radically changed the rail freight connection between China and Europe via the trans-Siberian route. This article examines the development in the first seven months of 2022, concentrating on the period following the outbreak of the conflict. According to statistics from Ch...
    Ganyi Zhang
    September 27 2022
    8 min

    The shipping industry needs to be extra-careful with lithium-ion

    The Allianz insurance group recommends reinforcing security measures for all shipping operations involving lithium-ion batteries, given the increased risk of fire they represent. The development of electric vehicles will result in the years to come in an increase in the number of vehicles containing...
    Anne Kerriou
    September 22 2022
    3 min

    Air freight: further decline in July

    The downturn in activity is confirmed on the world air cargo scene, with a fall of 9.7% in July year-on-year. European airlines are the hardest hit by the slowdown.   The demand for air freight continues to fall, having already suffered a year-on-year decrease of 4.3% in the first half of 2022. In J...
    Anne Kerriou
    September 19 2022
    4 min

    What if the container consortium block exemption was removed?

    Bruxelles has started consultations on the future of the exemption from EU competition laws enjoyed by the regular line shipping companies. Here, we want to try an exercise in political fiction, based on four different hypotheses. Customers of regular line shipping companies are up in arms. Over the...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    September 15 2022
    9 min
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    France: first fall in road transport prices in August

    BAROMETER. For the first time this year, August saw road transport prices fall, according to the Upply Freight Index. This fall of 0.7%, caused by the drop in spot prices, raises questions about the future of the transport economy. In August 2022, inflation in the euro area reached a new all-time hi...
    William Béguerie
    September 14 2022
    2 min

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