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    Jérôme de Ricqlès

    Expert in Ocean shipping for 25 years, Jerome puts all his knowledge of the industry to contribution for Upply. Ship captain at heart, he has written the English-French Lexicon of Containerized Shipping (Paris: CELSE, 2001).
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    Changed conditions for 2024 container contract negotiating round

    The new container shipping contract negotiating round is getting under way. Should shippers sign up quickly or bide their time? Here are some considerations to be taken into account. The new contract tendering round has begun in the container shipping sector on a market which is very different from ...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    October 04 2023
    2 min

    Containerised maritime transport: 10 of the world's main hotspots

    Some shipping areas present particular risks to the smooth flow of containerised liner shipping, for a variety of reasons. An overview of these hot spots. The efficiency of containerised liner shipping depends on the regularity and fluidity of services. However a grain of sand can quickly cause the ...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    September 22 2023
    7 min
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    Freight rates: the shipping companies have adapted their strategies

    BAROMETER. Faced with the fall in container shipping freight rates, MSC is continuing to chase after additional market share with support from the leading NVOCCs. Its competitors, meanwhile, have opted for a defensive strategy. Month after month, it is becoming increasingly clear that the recovery i...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    September 13 2023
    3 min
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    Sea Freight Rates are flatlining in July

    BAROMETER. Sea freight rates seem to have reached a low point on the main corridors. In 2024, the integration of maritime transport into the emissions trading system could change the rules of the game. Highlights of July Flatlining freight rates On the majority of major corridors, freight rates now ...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    August 11 2023
    3 min
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    Shipping companies powerless against market turnaround

    BAROMETER. The first half was a very morose one for the container shipping companies and the big NVOCCs. They were obliged to look on powerlessly as their operating results continued to be dragged down by plunging revenues, cargo volumes and profit margins. Cargo volumes fell back from their post-Co...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    July 11 2023
    2 min

    Our scenarios for container shipping in S2 2023

    Morosity is the order of the day in this early part of the second semester. Restructuring and industry recomposition look to be inevitable. At the start of the year, we gave three possible scenarios for the container shipping business in 2023, as the overheating of the world economy finally ended bu...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    July 04 2023
    6 min

    Container shipping back to…abnormal

    The first half of 2023 was marked by the return of overcapacity in the container shipping sector and, with it, slow steaming. This was not enough, however, to prevent freight rates from collapsing. For the shipping companies, the violence of the collapse in freight rates was commensurate with that e...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    June 20 2023
    6 min
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    Container shipping returns to its old habits

    BAROMETER. Shipping companies are slowing down their ships to reduce overcapacity, while the fall in freight rates is now affecting virtually all major trade lanes. As in April, the freight rate market remained stable in May, but rates on the major east-west routes were at barely viable levels for t...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    June 09 2023
    2 min

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