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    Spain: 2022 review of land freight transport

    In 2022, road and rail freight transport in Spain suffered from the deteriorating economic environment. The situations are, however, very different in each of these two sectors. In 2022, the macroeconomic context affected Spanish land freight transport activity on three levels:
    Daniel Solano
    June 02 2023
    3 min

    Europe: general decline in road transport prices

    Prices for road freight transport in Europe fell in the first quarter of 2023, both on the contract market and on the spot market. However, they remain much higher than the pre-pandemic level. The Ti/Upply/IRU index of road transport prices in Europe for the first quarter of 2023 bears the scars of ...
    Anne Kerriou
    May 25 2023
    4 min

    Road container transport: merchant haulage makes its comeback

    The rebalancing of supply and demand has given back control of pre- and post-shipment inland container transport to shippers and forwarders. At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, shipping companies were easily able to force their clients to accept carrier haulage rather than merchant haulage. This...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    May 23 2023
    6 min
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    Air freight: the continuing decline in traffic and prices

    Air cargo volumes again fell in March, both year-on-year and compared to pre-pandemic levels. The erosion of freight rates is also continuing. Data released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) for March 2023 show a continued decline in measured demand in tonne-kilometres of -7.7% y...
    Anne Kerriou
    May 17 2023
    5 min
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    French road transport prices rise in April

    BAROMETER. Road transport prices rose slightly in April month-on-month, in a difficult market. The situation of carriers is very variable, depending on their size and bargaining power. During the month of April, the social crisis continued to express itself in France in the form of strikes, demonstr...
    William Béguerie
    May 16 2023
    2 min
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    A pause in the fall in ocean freight rates

    BAROMETER. The fall in ocean freight marked time in April and supply chain reliability started to recover. In April 2023, the container shipping market held its breath. The deterioration in Asia-Europe and Asia-United States came to a halt. The worst looks to have been avoided, at least for the time...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    May 10 2023
    2 min

    Germany: a solid fabric of ports and maritime operators

    SPECIAL FEATURE 5/5. Germany, the world's fourth-largest economy, has taken care to preserve and develop a well-functioning port and maritime ecosystem. Germany is notable, on a European scale, for the power of its foreign trade. Number 1 for exports in value terms, it is also one of the few countri...
    Hervé Deiss
    April 28 2023
    12 min

    Maritime transport: how to manage the risk of general average

    Shippers can sometimes be called to the rescue financially by shipping companies in the event of incidents on a ship, in the name of the principle of general average. A greater risk today than in the past. General average is an internationally recognised marine system, which allows certain losses an...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    April 26 2023
    5 min

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