The Panama Canal is lifting restrictions that caused a global shipping bottleneck as water levels normalize

Barcelona, ​​August 29, 2024.- The Panama Canal Authority increased the draft in the waterway to a maximum 50 feet and will allow 36 vessels a day to transit after recent rains lifted water levels at an artificial lake that forms part of the canal system, administrator Ricaurte Vasquez told reporters.

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IRU: the European Road Freight rate development benchmark

Barcelona, March 7, 2024.- IRU is the international organization of road transport. In its market studies, information is followed by all transport drivers. For this reason, the latest graphics about the sector are interesting for your study:

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Why American and European Trucks Are So Different?

Barcelona, November 14, 2022.-

FitchRatings: Different modes of transport in Europe will recover at unique rates

Barcelona February 13, 2021.- According to FitchRatings, the recovery of the different modes of freight transport (road, rail, air and maritime) will follow a different rhythm. Air traffic is most affected by travel restrictions and will take until 2024 to recover to 2019 levels, putting pressure on airlines and airports. Although these sectors will improve in 2021 compared to 2020, supported by vaccination roll-outs, passenger traffic will still be 55% lower than 2019, which was revised down from 45%. 

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