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    Road transport: analysis of the European Top 10 in 2024

    INFOGRAPHICS. European road freight transport increased slightly in tonne-kms in 2024. However, the tonnages transported continued to decline. European road freight transport had a mixed year in 2024. Activity expressed in tonne-kilometres recorded a slight increase of 0.6%, with a total of 1,869 bi...
    Anne Kerriou
    October 15 2025
    9 min
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    Ocean freight rates still dangerously low

    BAROMETER. The shipping companies should be able to stay in profit in 2025, thanks to their performances in the first half. They are having to make savings, however, given the current level of rate levels on the major east-west corridors. In the current post-holiday period, the shipping companies an...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    October 09 2025
    2 min

    Air cargo: the sector is still resisting despite the trade war

    Global air cargo demand recorded a sixth consecutive month of growth in August 2025. But the trade war is beginning to bring about a transformation in major traffic flows. 1/ The evolution of supply and demand August 2025 traffic According to data from the International Air Transport Association (IA...
    Anne Kerriou
    October 07 2025
    4 min
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    Our analysis grid for the 2025-2026 container contract tendering round

    The new round of container shipping tender calls is getting under way. Should shippers sign up quickly or bide their time? Here are some of the responses we can currently offer. Our annual counselling exercise on the container shipping tendering round is turning out to be increasingly perilous. It i...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    October 02 2025
    2 min

    Containers: the world's main ports in the first half of 2025

    INFOGRAPHICS. Almost all major global ports recorded growth in container traffic in the first half of the year. Frontloading, in anticipation of higher US tariffs, offset sluggish demand. 1/ The global Top 20 Tanger Med, ranked 17th in the world in 2024, has not released its half-yearly figures and ...
    Anne Kerriou
    September 23 2025
    4 min
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    French market: road transport prices fell in August

    BAROMETER. In August 2025, prices plummeted in the French road freight transport market. They reflected a drop in economic activity and a drop in volumes to be transported. Uncertainty reigns. According to data published by the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), the compo...
    William Béguerie
    September 19 2025
    3 min

    Rebound in air cargo volumes in July 2025

    The impending implementation of new tariffs boosted global air cargo demand in July 2025. The market is expected to experience erratic movements in the coming months, depending on future fluctuations in US trade policy. 1/ The evolution of supply and demand Traffic July 2025 Figures from the Interna...
    Anne Kerriou
    September 11 2025
    4 min
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    Container shipping companies prioritise rate restoration

    BAROMETER. The additional customs duties imposed by the United States has started to affect cargo volumes and freight rates. The application of new US customs duties, along with the end of the de minimis exemption for low-value shipments, is clearly going to have a negative impact on cargo volumes f...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    September 09 2025
    2 min

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