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The boomerang effect of the Chinese recovery must be anticipated now

With the gradual normalization of the situation in Chinese ports, the logistics and port sector, while coping with the emergency, must prepare for recovery to avoid being wrong footed in Europe. This is particularly true for maritime transport. The French Ministry of Transport, together with all the...
Jerome de Ricqles
March 23 2020
2 min

Coronavirus: Europe wants coordinated measures

The European Commission has presented guidelines for the coordinated management of the Covid-19 epidemic. A large section is devoted to the transport of goods and the supply chain. In response to the disparate measures, that are sometimes contrary to European law, taken by certain Member States to c...
Anne Kerriou -
March 20 2020
3 min

Road transport in France: transport prices down by 0.25% in February

Road freight transport rates in France fell in February, but in rather lower proportions than expected. The sector's strong performance can be explained by the context of a pre-crisis for the Coronavirus. The fall revealed by our monthly Upply barometer for road freight transport in France in Februa...
William Beguerie
March 19 2020
2 min
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Shanghai - Los Angeles: maritime freight rates are on the rise

There has been a rebound in freight rates between Asia and the West Coast of the United States. A trend that has been favored by the (partial) recovery of activity in China, at a time where US companies need to replenish their stocks. With the return of industrial production to an average level of 7...
Jerome de Ricqles
March 18 2020
2 min

Coronavirus and air cargo: the worst is yet to come

World air cargo traffic decreased by 3.3% in January 2020 compared to the same period in 2019. But the worst is yet to come, due to the coronavirus epidemic which is disrupting factory production and air links. The easing of the trade war between China and the United States, which resulted in the si...
Anne Kerriou -
March 17 2020
4 min

Coronavirus: towards a collapse of European road transport

The management of the Covid-19 epidemic has led to a collapse in supply and demand in Europe's main road transport markets. Observation of the sector unfortunately leaves no doubt about the state of the situation. The strategic importance of road transport is shown now more than ever. During the per...
William Beguerie
March 16 2020
5 min

Auvergne Rhône-Alpes: road transport supported by internal traffic flows

DOSSIER. Road freight transport in the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region has shrunk by 2.8% in 5 years. An erosion that was contained thanks to the healthy situation of internal traffic flows. Our "Tour de France of road freight transport" focuses today on the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region, following on fro...
Anne Kerriou -
March 13 2020
4 min

Container shipping: the exemption regulations look to have been saved

The lobbying by shipping companies to keep the container transport block exemption regulations that they benefit from has paid off. The European Commission has included this extension in its 2020 work program, drawing the ire of shippers, freight forwarders and port operators. If it needed a final b...
Jerome de Ricqles
March 12 2020
3 min

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