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Jerome de Ricqles

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).

Digitalisation in container shipping

Port Community Systems have become an essential tool for the exchange of information in the container shipping sector. Their role in the management of key data means, however, that particular attention needs to be paid to their governance. Over the last 20 years, the world's major cargo ports have i...
Jerome de Ricqles
July 10 2020
5 min

Rotterdam-Santos: freight rates have been holding up since the start of the year

The cost of transport on the Rotterdam-Santos line has stayed robust in 2020 despite the Covid-19 crisis and unencouraging market fundamentals. Despite the alarming situation in Brazil, where management of the Covid-19 epidemic has become increasingly controversial, the market is holding up for the ...
Jerome de Ricqles
July 01 2020
2 min

Ocean freight transit times: data you need to have at your fingertips

Our Upply data base shows that transit times between Ningbo and Rotterdam have increased by 5% on average since the Chinese New Year. This is an important indicator for supply chain managers. Reduced capacity, slower ship speeds. Shipping companies' "recipes" for maintaining their margins in periods...
Jerome de Ricqles
June 30 2020
2 min

Ningbo-Seattle: ocean freight rates high for the season

Eastbound ocean freight rates in the trans-Pacific trades are holding up at high levels. Shipping companies are keeping a tight grip on capacity and the American retail sector has started to rebuild its stocks. Eastbound freight rates in the trans-Pacific trades are holding up at very high levels fo...
Jerome de Ricqles
June 10 2020
2 min

Ship cargo declarations: the learning period is over

Inaccurate declarations regarding the weight and nature of the cargo carried in containers are costly for the shipping companies. Following what can be termed a learning period, they can now be expected to take a firmer line. On June 1, the Chinese transport ministry introduced tighter controls and ...
Jerome de Ricqles
June 04 2020
4 min

States come to the rescue of ''their'' shipping companies

Once again, a certain number of states have decided to provide regular line container shipping companies with financial aid. Some protest that this is an intolerable breach of free market rules. But it is also a matter of defending key assets. The government of South Korea granted emergency aid tota...
Jerome de Ricqles
June 02 2020
3 min

Reformatting the shipping industry post-Covid: the possible scenarios

Because of its impact on world trade volumes, the coronavirus epidemic has had a massive impact on regular line shipping on and has heavily disrupted supply chains. What form will recovery take in the sector after the first worldwide wave of the coronavirus? Here is a first response based on three p...
Jerome de Ricqles
May 22 2020
8 min

ANTWERP-NORFOLK: freight rates starting to be eroded

Ocean freight rates in the trans-Atlantic trades held up relatively well during the first quarter, as is illustrated by the evolution of the rate on the Antwerp-Norfolk line for a 40' dry high cube container, carried on a port-to-port basis, THC included. But the economic crisis which has smitten th...
Jerome de Ricqles
May 13 2020
2 min

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