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The resurgence of Coronavirus and its impact on Europe-Asia trade

Starting in July, we have witnessed a resurgence of COVID-19 in Asia and Europe. The growing infection rate in Asia, the global export powerhouse, poses concerns for global trade. Global trade is still being deeply affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. This article first takes a comparative look at Aus...
Ganyi Zhang
September 16 2020
7 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

Transatlantic Trade: a new “mini trade deal” between the EU and the US

On August 21st, the US and the EU reached a new tariff agreement. For the first time in twenty years, both sides have agreed on tariff reductions on certain goods, in particular on US lobster. According to August’s tariff agreement, the EU will remove the tariff on US lobsters with a trade value of ...
Ganyi Zhang
September 09 2020
6 min
Upply & TI Q3 2020
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Air freight: recovery held back by lack of capacity

Demand for air freight is returning but more slowly than certain economic indicators had led the sector to hope. Freight rates overall are on a downward trend but remain at high levels by comparison with 2019. Global demand for air freight in tonne-kilometres remained below the 2019 level in July, a...
Anne Kerriou -
September 08 2020
3 min

Shanghai-Antwerp: ocean freight rates are stabilizing

Ocean freight rates between Asia and Europe have been stabilizing since the start of the summer but remain at high levels. This situation should last, even though new capacity will slightly relieve the pressure on space aboard ship. The excess heat is coming out of the market… After a limited downwa...
Jerome de Ricqles
September 07 2020
2 min

Containers: shipping lines no longer ''regular''

Regularity of service has for long been one of the fundamental features of container shipping. Today, however, companies are tending to move away from this historic model in favour of a hybrid range of services. A striking feature of recent years has been the fact that regular line shipping companie...
Jerome de Ricqles
September 04 2020
3 min

The coronavirus crisis continues to weigh heavily on the recovery

The coronavirus crisis with its generalized and planetary lockdown measures has generated the deepest recession since World War II. Signs of recovery are appearing, even if the forecasts made by international organizations remain pessimistic. Ultimately though, this crisis could be a tremendous acce...
David Thebault
September 02 2020
5 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

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