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    Container shipping overcapacity temporarily masked by rerouting

    Access to capacity is turning out to be difficult on certain major maritime routes and freight rates are rising. There is likely to be a brutal awakening, however, with a market turnaround expected in the second half of this year or the first half of 2025. Logistics chains have finally adapted quick...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    May 30 2024
    4 min

    Italian air freight has stabilised at around one million tonnes

    SPECIAL FEATURE ITALY 5/5. Air freight is important for Italy, as it meets the needs of a number of industrial sectors that are essential for the country. Nevertheless, the market remains relatively stable. In Europe, air freight accounts for a very small share of the movement of goods in terms of v...
    Ariel F. Dumont
    May 27 2024
    5 min
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    Road transport prices in France: a new fall in rates in April

    BAROMETER. Road transport prices in France fell in April 2024 by another 1.3% month-on-month. The volumes to be transported remain at their lowest level because many sectors, such as construction, are floundering. Weather conditions and economics joined forces in April 2024. France recorded relative...
    William Béguerie
    May 21 2024
    2 min
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    Air freight industry still registering solid results

    BAROMETER. Worldwide air freight traffic totalled 23.1 billion tonne-kilometres in March 2024, 10% more than in March 2023. Freight rates are increasing. The global air freight industry is confirming its recovery from one month to the next. March 2024 was the fourth consecutive month of double-digit...
    Anne Kerriou
    May 16 2024
    5 min

    Italy is investing in rail freight

    SPECIAL FEATURE ITALY 4/5. Italy remains well below European targets in terms of the modal share of rail freight, but investments are underway. According to the latest annual report published by FerMerci, the association of Italian rail logistics professionals, Italy recorded in 2023 a total volume ...
    Ariel F. Dumont
    May 14 2024
    6 min
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    Container shipping: signs of tension on maritime capacity

    BAROMETER. As a passage by the Cape of Good Hope becomes commonplace, a certain strain on capacity is being felt. Houthis who are losing some of their striking power, sailors who are organising themselves and no longer want to be targets in the Red Sea and a destroyed bridge in the United States of ...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    May 07 2024
    4 min

    Emissions quotas bring shipping companies fresh profits…and problems

    The inclusion of the shipping sector in the European Union's Emissions Trading System means additional revenues for the shipping companies but also the risk of conflicts with their shipper clients. Since 1 January 2024, shipping has been included in the European Union's Emissions Trading system (ETS...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    April 30 2024
    8 min

    Italy: a dense and mostly efficient port ecosystem

    SPECIAL FEATURE 3/5. The main Italian ports handled a cumulative traffic of 11.03 million TEUs in 2023. Gateways to and from the country's territory, they also play a role as a hub for southern Europe for some actors. The Italian port ecosystem is characterised by a dual function. As in all countrie...
    Hervé Deiss
    April 26 2024
    8 min

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