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    Road transport: fairly stable traffic but morale is low

    INFOGRAPHICS. The road transport sector in France starts 2025 in a delicate situation, following a particularly difficult 4th quarter of 2024. 1/ Evolution of activity (*) Domestic road transport of goods carried out by vehicles registered in France, for hire and on own account combined. Data source...
    Anne Kerriou
    February 06 2025
    5 min

    PIL and Wan Hai knock on the door of the container shipping Top 10

    PIL and Wan Hai represent only a modest share of capacity on the container shipping market. They are only just behind the Top 10, however, and have a real desire to join them. "Third party feeders" is the term used by the big Top 10 container shipping companies to refer to the smaller operators they...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    February 04 2025
    6 min

    China-EU rail freight on the rise again in 2024

    China-EU rail freight volumes returned to growth in 2024, benefiting in particular from a sharp rise in the vehicle segment. In the other direction, however, flows continued to decline. After two years of sharp decline, rail freight volumes between China and the EU rebounded sharply in 2024, accordi...
    Anne Kerriou
    January 30 2025
    6 min
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    The evolution of EU-China trade in the automotive sector

    Since the beginning of the decade, European car manufacturers have been losing ground in the Chinese market. Conversely, China is conquering market share in Europe, and not only in the electric vehicle segment. In 2023 and 2024, records were reached in the automotive sector. Never before have so man...
    Camille Brugier
    January 28 2025
    9 min
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    French market: road transport prices stagnated in December

    BAROMETER. Transport prices remained stagnant in December. The underlying trend indicates an inexorable fall in prices. Carriers are caught between the low-cost offer of foreign fleets and shippers who are lowering prices. In December 2024, storm clouds continued to gather over French business. The ...
    William Béguerie
    January 23 2025
    2 min

    Air freight peak season matches expectations

    The world air freight industry continued to grow in November and, according to first estimates, in December as well. Freight rates increased on major routes. 1/ Supply and demand balance Traffic in November 2024 World freight traffic increased for the 16th consecutive month in November 2024. Demand,...
    Anne Kerriou
    January 21 2025
    4 min

    The outlook for European road transport in 2025

    European road transport is expected to experience a slight recovery in 2025, following a notable slowdown over the past 2 years. However, economic stagnation, particularly in Germany, will limit investment growth. Cost control remains essential and the need for greening is increasing. An ideal situa...
    William Béguerie
    January 16 2025
    4 min
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    Ocean freight rates heat up a little in December

    BAROMETER. The month of December has brought an end to a year which turned out more favourably than expected for container shipping operators. It brought handsome bonuses for the shipping companies and the big forwarders, even though their financial performance was more the result of geopolitical te...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    January 14 2025
    2 min

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