News / Rising demand drives European road freight capacity up, while rates dip

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Trucking capacity on Europe’s roads rose sharply last month as hauliers saw significantly more demand, according to new research from Transporeon and Tim Consult.

However, the extra capacity also brought a slight decline in road freight rates.

“We saw more road transport capacity available on the spot market in November. This trend has stabilised,” said Oliver Kahrs, managing director of Tim Consult, a Transporeon subsidiary.

“At the same time, prices are falling again, for the first time since August, but this was to ...