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Centre-Val-de-Loire: solid momentum in road freight transportation

SPECIAL REPORT.  The road freight transportation in the Centre-Val-de-Loire region is on a positive momentum. Global traffic has increased by 4% in 5 years, thanks to internal traffic. Over the past 5 years, road freight transportation (RFT) in Centre-Val-de-Loire, excluding transit, international t...
Anne Kerriou -
March 05 2021
4 min

Digitalization in business: where to start

Beyond the hype, digitalization is a real source of efficiency and automation of low value-added tasks. Businesses in the transportation and logistics sector have a lot to gain from this, both administratively and commercially. Digitalization has become a hot topic and a bit of a catch-all. It would...
Thomas Larrieu
March 03 2021
7 min

Monthly Container Shipping Barometer

Upply is proposing a new monthly feature, the Container Shipping Barometer, so as to follow market developments closely in this particularly volatile period.
Jerome de Ricqles
March 02 2021
2 min
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Centre-Val-de-Loire: connected logistics with Île-de-France

SPECIAL REPORT.  The “Upply Tour de France of Road Freight Transportation (RFT)” stops off in Centre-Val-de-Loire. A region whose logistical vocation is very marked by its proximity to Île-de-France. Centre-Val-de-Loire is the result of the merger of the Centre and Val-de-Loire regions in 2015. The ...
Anne Kerriou -
February 26 2021
5 min

2020: Air freight's crazy year

The air freight industry registered a 10.6% drop in demand in 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. But because capacity was reduced even more drastically than demand, turnover and unit revenues increased.
Anne Kerriou -
February 24 2021
2 min

Shipping: the price of ''clean'' fuel is rising

The price of low sulphur marine fuel currently stands at over $500 per tonne. This should reassure the many shipping companies which installed scrubbers two years ago. In early 2020, when the new International Maritime Organisation rules on sulphur oxide emissions had just come into force, everyone ...
Jerome de Ricqles
February 22 2021
2 min

Road transport prices: light, finally, at the end of the tunnel?

French road transport prices increased by 1.2% in January 2021, according to our Upply barometer. The steady increase in fuel prices seems to be the main reason for the increase but there are also clear indications that recovery is on the way. Road transport prices in France showed a significant 1.2...
William Beguerie
February 18 2021
2 min

AfCFTA: A More Integrated Africa in the Global Supply Chain

The new African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is open for business since January 1st, 2021. This article discusses Africa’s potential in engaging in the global supply chain under the AfCFTA. On January 1st, 2021, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) started to trade under the pref...
Ganyi Zhang
February 17 2021
10 min

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