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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

PACA: a strategic role for the Mediterranean-Rhône-Saône corridor

DOSSIER. Upply resumes its “Tour de France of Road Freight Transport” by taking a detailed look at the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region (PACA). Mediterranean crossroads, the site of France's largest port, PACA can count on several sectors such as aeronautics, pharma, chemicals, electronics, or agri...
Anne Kerriou -
June 19 2020
9 min

Air freight capacity squeeze keeps freight rates up

Prices soaring as demand collapses? This improbable state of affairs continued in the air freight industry in April 2020 as capacity continued to contract more than demand. According to our Upply data, however, the increase in freight rates seemed to start to slow down in the final week of April. Th...
Anne Kerriou -
June 15 2020
4 min
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The crisis is speeding up change in the HGV sector
William Beguerie
June 12 2020
5 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

EU-Brazil trade amid the recovery and outbreak

Brazil is the single largest supplier of agricultural products and the main supplier of raw material for the European Union. Whilst the country is now in the thick of the coronavirus pandemic, this paper discusses the impact of the outbreak in Brazil on the recovery of the EU. Since May, as Europe b...
Ganyi Zhang
June 09 2020
7 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

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