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    Air freight: a slight improvement at the end of the year

    BAROMETER. Global air cargo traffic increased by 8.3% year-on-year in November 2023. Freight rates have also risen on the main routes. Global air cargo traffic reached 22.4 billion tonne-kilometres in November 2023, according to the latest data released by the International Air Transport Association...
    Anne Kerriou
    January 24 2024
    5 min
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    France: road transport prices still falling in December

    BAROMETER. Unsurprisingly, road transport prices continued to fall in December on the French market, for the third consecutive month. On the economic front, France ended the year with slightly more positive news than expected, despite the slight rebound in inflation (+3.7% in December against +3.5% ...
    William Béguerie
    January 18 2024
    2 min
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    Geopolitical developments drive up freight rates

    December 2023 was marked by the start of a recovery in freight rates, after a particularly bearish year for the shipping companies. We highlighted the possibility of a drastic reduction in the number of container ship passing through the Suez Canal in our November barometer. We based our analysis on...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    January 16 2024
    3 min
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    The outlook for European road transport in 2024

    Road transport is facing major challenges with the economic downturn, but also the unpredictability of costs and decarbonisation. In 2024, the European economy is expected to recover slowly, but this is unlikely to happen before the end of the year. According to the OECD, global growth is expected t...
    William Béguerie
    January 12 2024
    2 min

    Our three scenarios for the container shipping sector in 2024

    The container shipping industry is facing numerous potential sources of inflation and instability. As a result, it is very likely that that freight rates will be higher in 2024 than they were in 2023. As 2024 gets under way, it is no exaggeration to say that the climate for the container shipping se...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    January 03 2024
    3 min

    Air freight sector hopes for a little peak season cheer

    Global air freight traffic increased 3.8% year on year in October 2023. Carriers are hoping to get at least a little peak season cheer but the economic climate remains tense. The world air freight industry registered a traffic total of 21.9 billion tonne-kilometres in October 2023 - an increase of 3...
    Anne Kerriou
    December 21 2023
    5 min
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    France: road transport prices fell again in November

    BAROMETER. In an extremely gloomy atmosphere, road freight transport prices continued to fall on the French market. Low demand, despite it being theoretically the high season, is worrying carriers. In this month of November 2023, a considerable amount of negative economic news has accumulated: erosi...
    William Béguerie
    December 19 2023
    2 min

    Towards an increase in Asia-Europe freight rates

    The major shipping companies are temporarily abandoning the Suez Canal route due to armed attacks in the Gulf of Aden. This is leading to higher costs, prices and transit times. The facts The Houthis, Yemeni rebels backed by Iran, have carried out multiple drone and missile attacks since November, t...
    Anne Kerriou
    December 18 2023
    2 min

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