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Air freight industry continues to recover

Demand is returning in the air freight industry, which is little by little catching up on its 2019 traffic levels. After a lull, freight rates are climbing again. Worldwide air freight traffic in tonne-kilometres in September 2020 was down 8% on its level in September 2019, according to the figures ...
Anne Kerriou -
November 12 2020
4 min

Pays de la Loire : a region of road transporters

Special Report. Road freight transport in the Pays de la Loire region is in relatively good health, thanks to an economy which is dynamic and quite diversified but also to the presence of well-established small and medium-sized companies in the sector. Intra-regional traffic is dominant. Road freigh...
Anne Kerriou -
November 10 2020
4 min

Pays de la Loire : accelerating economic development through logistics

SPECIAL REPORT. The Upply Road Freight Transport Tour de France is stopping off on this occasion in the Pays de la Loire. This first article presents the economic and logistical environment which generates the flow of road transport in the region. The Pays de la Loire is one of the rare regions whic...
Anne Kerriou -
November 06 2020
8 min
Upply & TI Q3 2020
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The development of the “China+1” concept in the US and the EU

Diversifying sourcing with additional manufacturing sites outside of China has become a top priority for the supply chain industry, even more so due to the pandemic. However, the degree of diversification is quite different between the US and the EU. The pandemic has undoubtedly favored the emergenc...
Ganyi Zhang
November 04 2020
7 min

The regulation of container shipping in Europe

Unlike their Chinese and American counterparts, the European competition authorities generally keep out of the commercial problems of the container shipping business. It is time no doubt to change this for the benefit of European Union trade. In China and the United States, the authorities responsib...
Jerome de Ricqles
October 29 2020
4 min

The United States makes freight transport a strategic priority

The United States has published a National Freight Strategic Plan. Far from setting one transport mode against another, it sets out a vision and objectives aimed at ensuring that the freight transport system as a whole makes the country more competitive. In September 2020, in application of the FAST...
Anne Kerriou -
October 27 2020
5 min

China-EU trade prospects compared to Transpacific trade

Ocean Freight rates have evolved rather differently during the summer on Asia-Europe and Asia-North America routes. An analysis of trade between China and Europe, followed by a comparison with US-China trade, will allow a better understanding of this trend. The Euro-Asia trade lane seems much calmer...
Ganyi Zhang
October 23 2020
6 min

Cyber-attacks: the transport and logistics sector in the firing line

In the transport and logistics sector, the list of companies which have fallen victim to cyber-attacks in the form of "ransomwares" is sadly getting longer by the day. Companies have nevertheless made considerable progress in deal with this kind of incident. In 2017, a worldwide cyber-attack targete...
Jerome de Ricqles
October 20 2020
3 min

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