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''Greening'' shipping:  the technical options

Speeding up container shipping's transition to clean energy has become a priority. In this article, we review the different fuel and propulsion options which will enable the sector to attain the objectives set by the International Maritime Organisation. The transition to cleaner energy is under way ...
Jerome de Ricqles
January 26 2021
5 min

The outlook for European road transportation in 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic will continue to mark road freight transportation in the year 2021. While energy transition and digitalization are major issues, many carriers will have to focus primarily on their short-term survival, as the sector has suffered in 2020. 2021 will be full of expectations. First...
William Beguerie
January 20 2021
2 min

Road transportation prices: carriers are suffering

Road transportation prices in France fell slightly in December 2020, according to our Upply barometer. Even though demand has been satisfactory, many carriers are in a fragile situation. The trio of Prices / Transactions / Average Distances shows a general decline in December 2020 in our Upply datab...
William Beguerie
January 18 2021
3 min
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Air freight: a reduction in traffic in appearance only

The November global air freight traffic figures published by IATA show a slight fall in traffic volume. This was mainly caused, however, by the exceptional traffic levels recorded in November 2019 when the US and China were in the middle of a trade war. The steady recovery experienced by the air fre...
Anne Kerriou -
January 15 2021
3 min

Road transport key to Brittany's competitiveness

SPECIAL REPORT. Road freight transport is essential to irrigate the Brittany economy and overcome the handicap posed by its peripheral geographical position. Internal freight flows dominate but inter-regional movements are also increasing. Road freight transport in Brittany, excluding transit, inter...
Anne Kerriou -
January 14 2021
4 min

Container shipping prospects in 2021

The year 2020 showed how dangerous it is to make forecasts…We are going to take the plunge nevertheless and put forward three possible scenarios for the container shipping business. Following the sharp rise in freight rates seen in 2020, it seems to us most likely that the balance of power in the se...
Jerome de Ricqles
January 12 2021
7 min

Logistics, an essential cog in the Brittany economy

SPECIAL REPORT. Upply's Road Freight Transport Tour de France is stopping on this occasion in Brittany, with a first article devoted to the regional economy. The region is characterised by the domination of the agri-food sector and its outlying geographical situation. In 2014, when the latest French...
Anne Kerriou -
January 08 2021
6 min

Impact of the RCEP trade agreement on the Asia-Europe supply chain

The ten countries of ASEAN and five Asia-Pacific countries signed a major trade deal on November 15, giving birth to the world’s largest trading block. In this paper, we analyze the main points of the RCEP, with an emphasis on the impact on Europe-Asia trade. 2020 could not have been more eventful. ...
Ganyi Zhang
January 06 2021
9 min

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