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    European road freight: modest price increases in Q4 2024

    Road freight transport prices in Europe rose in the fourth quarter of 2024, but much more on the contract market than on the spot market. Demand remains sluggish. The European road freight transport market had not really seen the effects of the peak season that usually precedes the end-of-year holid...
    Anne Kerriou
    February 25 2025
    3 min
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    Road transport prices fall in January on the French market

    BAROMETER. Road transport prices fell quite significantly in January. Demand for transport continues to decline across France. Carriers must protect their cash flow, which may weigh on wages and investments. The political uncertainty that has shaken France since the dissolution of the National Assem...
    William Béguerie
    February 21 2025
    2 min
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    January freight rates start to stall

    BAROMETER. Ocean freight rates started to fall on most major routes in January, as the Chinese New Year approached. The new shipping alliances will come into operation in a difficult environment. From November to mid-January, the shipping companies made use of a strategy which worked well for their ...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    February 13 2025
    3 min
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    A record year and a profitable one for global air freight in 2024

    REVIEW. The global air cargo industry broke traffic records in 2024. Cargo revenues are on the rise again, and the trend is expected to continue in 2025. 1/ The evolution of supply and demand December 2024 traffic The month of December confirmed the good health of air freight in 2024. Global traffic...
    Anne Kerriou
    February 11 2025
    7 min

    Road transport: fairly stable traffic but morale is low

    INFOGRAPHICS. The road transport sector in France starts 2025 in a delicate situation, following a particularly difficult 4th quarter of 2024. 1/ Evolution of activity (*) Domestic road transport of goods carried out by vehicles registered in France, for hire and on own account combined. Data source...
    Anne Kerriou
    February 06 2025
    5 min

    PIL and Wan Hai knock on the door of the container shipping Top 10

    PIL and Wan Hai represent only a modest share of capacity on the container shipping market. They are only just behind the Top 10, however, and have a real desire to join them. "Third party feeders" is the term used by the big Top 10 container shipping companies to refer to the smaller operators they...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    February 04 2025
    6 min

    China-EU rail freight on the rise again in 2024

    China-EU rail freight volumes returned to growth in 2024, benefiting in particular from a sharp rise in the vehicle segment. In the other direction, however, flows continued to decline. After two years of sharp decline, rail freight volumes between China and the EU rebounded sharply in 2024, accordi...
    Anne Kerriou
    January 30 2025
    6 min
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    French market: road transport prices stagnated in December

    BAROMETER. Transport prices remained stagnant in December. The underlying trend indicates an inexorable fall in prices. Carriers are caught between the low-cost offer of foreign fleets and shippers who are lowering prices. In December 2024, storm clouds continued to gather over French business. The ...
    William Béguerie
    January 23 2025
    2 min

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