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    Spain: changes in road freight rates in Q1 2024

    Road transport prices in Spain have held up relatively well in the domestic market. On the principle intra-European links, the situation is more contrasted. Upply has commenced a collaborative project with Transprime, the Spanish Shippers' Council, to produce a quarterly report on the evolution of t...
    Anne Kerriou
    July 05 2024
    3 min
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    Containers: freight rates overheating in June

    BAROMETER. Maritime freight rates continued to climb for much of June before plateauing. A trend that is in no way fuelled by the strength of demand. 1/ A false recovery The month of June began with a bang, especially on the Asia-Europe corridor. The traditional high season seemed to arrive earlier ...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    July 04 2024
    2 min

    Our scenarios for the container shipping industry in S2 2024

    It is very much in the interests of the world's leading economies to take a firmer line on the disruption of shipping in the Red Sea. This would allow ocean freight rates to fall again as quickly as they climbed in the spring. Last January, we carried out our traditional forecasting exercise by pres...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    June 26 2024
    3 min
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    French transport prices slightly up in May

    BAROMETER. Road transport prices rose in May, but only slightly. Hampered by sluggish activity, they are not benefiting from the natural tension created by the avalanche of bank holidays and long weekends. With 1,194 projects announced, representing nearly 40,000 jobs, in 2023 France retained the fi...
    William Béguerie
    June 18 2024
    2 min

    Air freight: reasonably favourable developments

    BAROMETER. Global air cargo traffic increased for the 5th consecutive month in April and freight rates are declining at a slower pace. But overall turnover is expected to fall by 13.4% in 2024. The global air cargo industry remains well oriented, with a fifth month of double-digit growth in April 20...
    Anne Kerriou
    June 14 2024
    4 min
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    Container bubble ready to burst

    BAROMETER. Freight rates continued to climb in May, more because of the geopolitical situation than excessive demand. The turnaround in the market promises to be violent, however, given the threat posed by overcapacity. The big shipping companies made a profit in the first quarter, thanks to an incr...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    June 12 2024
    2 min

    Air freight: 2023 ranking of the world's main airports

    INFOGRAPHICS. Global airports handled approximately 102 million tonnes of cargo in 2023, a 3.1% decrease from 2022. 1/ The global Top 20 According to preliminary results released by the Airports’ Council International (ACI), global airports handled a total volume of approximately 102 million tonnes ...
    Anne Kerriou
    June 07 2024
    5 min

    Road freight transport: The freight rates in Europe fell during Q1

    Road freight transport prices in Europe fell in the first quarter, both on the spot market and on the contract market. The slight improvement in the economic situation raises hopes for the end of the downward cycle. European road carriers are facing a difficult start to 2024. The low level of demand...
    Anne Kerriou
    June 05 2024
    4 min

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