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Rotterdam - Kaohsiung in 40' HC: a slight reduction in ocean freight rates

Our shipping line of the week puts the spotlight on Taiwan. This state is currently making international news after China's diplomatic offensive aimed at cutting Taiwan's historic links with the Solomon Islands and Kiribati and taking over major protected navigational zones in the Pacific. We have a...
Jerome de Ricqles
September 25 2019
2 min

Completing the global shipping network: China’s new land-sea trade corridor

On August 15, the Chinese National Development and Reform Council (NDRC) issued its latest five-year plan regarding the new international land-sea trade corridor. This far-reaching logistics policy document organizes the development of a smooth multi-modal shipping channel between China and Southeas...
Ganyi Zhang
September 24 2019
5 min

European road transport - 10 years of change

These last 10 years, three things have particularly marked European road transport: a sharp increase in average kilometers covered per trip, the leadership of the Polish lorry fleet over international transport in Europe and a very significant reduction in kilometers covered without loads. The perio...
William Beguerie
September 23 2019
5 min
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Hauts de France: road transport recovery stalls in 2019

SPECIAL REPORT. After our presentation of the regional economy, our Road Freight Transport Tour de France stops for an update on market conditions. After falling back from 2013 to 2015, road freight transport on lorries of more than 3.5 tonnes returned to growth in the Hauts de France in 2016. Opera...
Anne Kerriou -
September 20 2019
5 min

Shanghai/Valencia: marked drop in ocean freight rates

Ocean freight rates between Shanghai and Valencia have fallen significantly, showing that there is neither pressure on space nor a pre-Golden Week rush at this point.
Jerome de Ricqles
September 18 2019
2 min

Trade war between China and the US: Unpacking the tariff exclusion lists

While almost every week brings a new episode in the trade war between China and the US, it is interesting to examine the exclusion lists used to allow certain products to be exempted from the additional tariffs.
Ganyi Zhang
September 17 2019
7 min

Hauts de France: a trading region par excellence

SPECIAL REPORT. As part of the launch of its road transport marketplace, Upply offers you a "Road Freight Transport Tour de France", taking in key economic activities, the main players and current issues. We start with a region which proclaims its logistics vocation loud and clear: Hauts de France. ...
Anne Kerriou -
September 16 2019
5 min

Le Havre / Cartagena: freight rates are slumping slightly

Cartagena, the “mini Dubai” of central America, mainly serves as a transfer port. The volumes processed there are constantly evolving, and are currently at 2.8 million TEUs.
Jerome de Ricqles
September 11 2019
1 min

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