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William Beguerie
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With more than 20 years of experience in the international supply chain, William works as a road transportation expert for Upply. Entrepreneur by nature, he has successively worked in operational and functional management among various industries, such as chemistry, automotive and building materials; alternately shipper and service provider.

Road transportation prices continue to stagnate

Road transportation prices remained almost stable (-0.2%) in France in March 2021, according to our Upply barometer. On the other hand, the volumes transported and diesel prices rose quite sharply. In France, the month of March was first marked by the continuation of the health measures put in place...
William Beguerie
April 09 2021
2 min

Road transport price rise marks a pause in February

Road transport prices stayed stable in France in February 2021, according to our Upply barometer. This is a fairly good reflection of the wait-and-see attitude of the market as it tries to decide whether there are better times ahead or whether morale is continuing to be affected by the crisis. In Fr...
William Beguerie
March 19 2021
2 min

Europe: seized up supply chains

By impairing the fluidity of road freight transportation, the two shocks of the Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit have undermined European supply chains. According to former Belgian diplomat and holder of a PhD in Political Science, Raoul Delcorde, "interdependence trumps sovereignty" in a globalized wor...
William Beguerie
March 16 2021
8 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

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

European Road Transport in 2020: a resilient but fragile market

European road transport seemed to have returned to an acceptable level of activity until it found itself confronted by the shock provoked by the second wave of the coronavirus. The International Road Transport Union has warned that there could be wide-scale bankruptcies in 2021 if governments do not...
William Beguerie
December 18 2020
8 min

Road transportation prices: distance selling drives up prices

Road transportation prices in France rose by 1.7% in November according to our monthly Upply barometer. In a semi-confined economic context and with declining volumes transported, this increase is more the result of a change in the nature of transportation than a sign of a real recovery in the marke...
William Beguerie
December 16 2020
3 min

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