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The spot market in an age of uncertainty: how digital platforms stabilize (or destabilize) road freight
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1642+ words) The spot market is no longer just a fallback to avoid empty runs—in an era of rising costs and uncertainty, it is becoming a strategic foundation of logistics. However, this increased flexibility and digitalization also bring an unprecedented risk…...
CMA CGM, CEVA and FM Logistic lead Europe’s buying spree
4+ week, 2+ day ago (657+ words) Why build it when you can buy it? Europe's logistics groups spent July on a shopping spree, matching North America as the world's busiest region for M&A. CMA CGM, CEVA, FM Logistic and DHL all did deals — not for scale…...
Girteka on why Europe’s road freight market remains structurally tight
8+ mon, 14+ hour ago (814+ words) with other countries likely to follow. In many markets, tolls already account for around 14% of total...
Road freight is the only EU mode to gain share
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (223+ words) Road freight has emerged as the only major transport sector to expand its market share in the European Union over the last decade, despite maritime shipping maintaining a firm grip on two-thirds of the bloc’s total freight movement. Table 2. Change…...
UK hauliers are going bust faster. But Europe's got it worse
3+ week, 3+ day ago (851+ words) UK road haulage insolvencies are climbing again, up 20% month on month in July. But it's Europe that's flashing red — the EU's transport bankruptcy index has just hit a record high, up 21% year on year. The number of road freight and…...
French hauliers squeezed as costs climb in 2025
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (622+ words) French hauliers may be spending less on diesel this year but official figures show costs are rising elsewhere. Wages, insurance, and collapsing freight demand are leaving operators under more pressure than ever. But France is not alone — hauliers in Belgium,…...
Fuel, wages and fixed-price contracts sank haulier
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (504+ words) A Dutch court has dismissed a €250,000 claim against the directors of a bankrupt haulier, despite finding serious flaws in the company’s administration. The court accepted that deteriorating market conditions, including fuel prices, wage costs, driver shortages and fixed-price contracts, were…...
Spot market under pressure as contract rates pull away
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (794+ words) Road freight prices in Europe are no longer moving in sync. In late 2025, contract rates continued to rise, while spot prices stalled or fell, according to the latest European benchmark. For hauliers, this means that predictable work under long-term contracts…...
AI fears rattle Wall Street as logistics stocks slide
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (595+ words) Agnieszka Kulikowska - Wielgus Concerns about the rapid development of artificial intelligence have hit companies in the road transport and logistics sector. Investors have begun to price in a scenario in which AI could take over key functions of freight brokers…...
Road haulage crisis: thousands of firms could disappear
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (725+ words) The spontaneous stoppage, called off after just a few hours, has once again put a structural crisis in the spotlight: runaway costs, squeezed margins, and thousands of businesses at risk of closure. The strike lasted just one day, was hit…...