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    2022 Financial Panorama of the World's Leading Transport Groups

    The economic and operating environment in 2021 was clearly beneficial to the global leaders in the transport and logistics sector, which increased their revenues and, particularly, their profitability. These results demonstrate a real reversal of the balance of power between shippers and service pro...
    Anne Kerriou
    July 21 2022
    4 min
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    Container transport: prices and volumes down

    BAROMETER. FAK rates have fallen below the psychological bar of 5 digits for imports from Asia to Northern Europe for some shipping companies. At the same time, aggressive blank sailings are continuing to be used by companies, much to the discontent of shippers. June marked a shift from 5-digit to 4...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    July 19 2022
    2 min
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    Road transport prices continue to rise in June

    BAROMETER. With a further 0.8% increase in June according to the Upply Freight Index, road transport prices in France are soaring higher and higher, boosted by diesel prices. But inflation and the downward trend in purchasing power are worsening the economic situation. The war in Ukraine has now bee...
    William Béguerie
    July 13 2022
    2 min
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    Air freight: a slight respite that does not reverse the downward trend

    Global demand for air freight fell by 8.3% in May year-on-year. This is a little better than in April, but the outlook for the coming months remains bleak. Global cargo activity figures published by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) show a slight improvement in May 2022. On a season...
    Anne Kerriou
    July 08 2022
    4 min

    Our second half container shipping scenarios

    The slowdown in demand is starting to affect freight rates. The shipping companies are still very much in charge but the party lights have started to fade. The slowdown in economic growth was expected after the exceptional progression seen in 2021. We knew that the catch-up effect, which boosted con...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    July 05 2022
    8 min

    China's slowdown spurs search for alternative markets

    China's economy is slowing down. The sluggishness of the domestic market is at least as worrying as the restriction of Chinese manufacturing activities under the stringent “Zero-Covid” policy. While Shanghai struggles to resume production, the contracting Chinese market poses another challenge to th...
    Ganyi Zhang
    July 01 2022
    9 min

    The truck driver shortage has got worse in 2022

    In its 2022 report on the shortage of truck drivers, the IRU notes that the situation is getting worse. Salary increases have not been enough to bring the numbers needed into the profession. The road haulage industry needs from now on to acknowledge that the shortage of drivers is a structural pheno...
    Anne Kerriou
    June 29 2022
    6 min

    Logistics: foreign investors attracted to France

    In 2021 France recorded an increase of 37% in logistics projects financed by foreign investors, compared to 2019's figures, as indicated by the latest barometer of the attractiveness of France published by the firm EY. For the third consecutive year, France is placed first in the European ranking in...
    Anne Kerriou
    June 21 2022
    4 min

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