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How container shipping companies face the Coronavirus crisis

The shipping companies, which are a key vector for globalized economies, find themselves in a complex situation in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Supply reduction is being used as a weapon to maintain freight rates at the moment but risks holding back recovery, particularly since it will not ...
Jerome de Ricqles
April 08 2020
6 min

Throughput of Chinese Ports: the first impacts of the pandemic

According to data published by the Chinese Ministry of Transport, the total throughput of Chinese ports has decreased by 8%, and by 11% for container shipping volume during the first two months of 2020, partly due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Moreover, China will be facing a declining demand from th...
Ganyi Zhang
April 07 2020
5 min

Air freight market disrupted by Covid-19

Aircraft grounded, cargo volumes in free fall, prices soaring on some routes and plunging on others. The Covid-19 epidemic is shaking up the air freight industry. The shock wave, which began to make itself felt in February, is continuing to spread at the same speed as the coronavirus itself. In line...
Anne Kerriou -
April 06 2020
4 min
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Shanghai-Busan: ocean freight rates on rising trend

China has begun to revive its industrial activity but European and North American markets are paralyzed by the coronavirus epidemic. In this situation, the intra-Asia trades have turned out to be a growth market for shipping services. Since the start of the post Covid-19 industrial revival in China,...
Jerome de Ricqles
April 01 2020
2 min

The Healthcare Supply Chain confronted with shortages in France

Drugs, protective equipment: the entire supply chain for the health sector is currently mobilized around the Coronavirus epidemic. How is the market organized, what are its strengths but also its weaknesses? Possible answers. The Coronavirus is putting a heavy strain on all those involved in healthc...
William Beguerie
March 31 2020
6 min

Coronavirus: easing of restrictions for the transport of goods

Identify priority lanes. Ensure that border checks do not exceed 15 minutes. Remove restrictions on movement for road freight transport and transport personnel generally. The European Commission has set out the measures it expects member states to take to ensure the flow of freight is fluid during t...
Anne Kerriou -
March 26 2020
3 min

Coronavirus outbreak: a potential shortage of meat in China

The health situation is improving in China. But the supply of meat may become an emerging problem and a logistical issue for the coming months, as a collateral effect of the Covid-19 outbreak. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19, Chinese food supply demand has been experiencing a temporary decrease s...
Ganyi Zhang
March 26 2020
6 min

Antwerp-Ningbo: a marked increase in freight rates

The Upply data base shows that ocean freight rates for the port-to-port carriage of a 40' HC dry container between Antwerp and Ningbo rose 18% between February 16 and March 9. Several factors led to the creation of this balance of power favorable to the shipping companies. For several weeks, several...
Jerome de Ricqles
March 25 2020
2 min

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