Category: freight

Air freight rates head back to earth as virus-driven boom cools

An air cargo boom driven by demand for protective gear against the coronavirus has peaked. Rates, while still 50% above normal levels, are falling in a worrying trend for airlines relying on freight revenue in the absence of passengers.  Declining prices may deal a blow to carriers that are scrambling to move cargo to offset […]

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Road freight tonnage increased by 1.4% in 2018

Road freight tonnage increased by 1.4% in 2018 A total of 149.2 million tonnes of goods was transported by road last year, new figures from the Central Statistics Office show, an increase of 1.4% on the 2017 total. But the CSO said that activity measured as weight by distance was 11,445 tonne-kilometres in 2018, a […]

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