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William Beguerie
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More than 20 years of experience in the international supply chain, William is the Upply road transportation expert. 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.

No rebound in road transportation prices during September

Road transportation prices on the French market rose by a meager 0.3% in September compared to August on our monthly Upply barometer. This is not enough to stem the inevitable fall in prices observed over the past year which was amplified by the Covid-19 crisis. The transportation price curve in Fra...
William Beguerie
October 15 2020
3 min

Driver shortage: women to the rescue

In the United States, the share of women among truck drivers increased from 3% to 11% between 2009 and 2020. Europe is far behind, with a proportion of around 2%, but also sees feminization as a way to address the shortage of drivers. In 2018, the shortage of truck drivers in the United States stood...
William Beguerie
October 08 2020
6 min

August, 2020: Road transportation prices fall again

Road transportation prices in the French market fell by 0.8% in August compared to July on our monthly Upply barometer. Thus cancelling out the slight improvement seen in July. However, this fall seems to be more in line with a contraction linked to the summer break than a sharp decline in the marke...
William Beguerie
September 21 2020
3 min

The race for hydrogen: different strategies for different purposes

Investment in green hydrogen is being strongly encouraged by the European Union and a number of member states. The movement towards greater use of hydrogen is going to transform the daily lives of the different players in the road freight sector. The conversion of hydrogen gas into electricity gener...
William Beguerie
September 15 2020
8 min

July 2020: road transportation prices recover

Road transportation prices on the French market rebounded slightly by 0.7% in July compared to June according to our monthly Upply barometer. This puts an end to a continuous fall in prices in France for 7 months, but it is not enough to get the transportation sector out of the serious crisis it is ...
William Beguerie
August 27 2020
3 min

The digital ecosystem is shaking up transport business models

The various supply chain organizational models resulting from digital transformation, deal little with the case of carriers, who are ignored or even suspected of resistance to change. Let us review the changes taking place and highlight the initiatives at work in this sector that is in fact more mod...
William Beguerie
August 21 2020
9 min

June 2020: road transport prices are still trending downwards

Road transport prices on the French market continued to decline in June compared to the month of May. Our monthly Upply barometer shows a fall of 1.25%, suggesting a serious crisis for the sector. Unsurprisingly, the fall in transport prices observed in France is continuing, with June making it a 7t...
William Beguerie
July 24 2020
3 min

May 2020: road transport prices continue their predicted decline

Road transport prices on the French market fell in May compared to April. However, the fall is less severe than expected: - 0.86% according to our monthly Upply barometer. The evolution of French road transport prices in May shows that the resilience factors that we described in April, such as long-...
William Beguerie
June 22 2020
3 min

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