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    The UK's foreign trade remains closely linked to the EU

    SPECIAL FEATURE 2/5. The United Kingdom was banking on its new-found independence to develop trade outside the European Union. This approach, conceptualised under the notion of Global Britain, has not yet come to fruition. Since 2016, Brexit has brought many changes to the United Kingdom. The proced...
    Camille Brugier
    April 18 2025
    9 min

    Air freight traffic slowdown confirmed

    Global air freight traffic fell for the first in 18 months in February 2025. Transport prices are falling generally and the prospect of a trade war is causing concern. 1/ Supply and demand trends Traffic in February 2025 World air freight traffic in tonne-kilometres dipped 0.1% year on year in Febru...
    Anne Kerriou
    April 15 2025
    6 min

    United Kingdom: an economy damaged but not sunk by Brexit

    SPECIAL FEATURE 1/5 – The second largest European power in terms of GDP and population, the United Kingdom chose to leave the European Union. Five years after Brexit, its economy has not collapsed but trade in goods has suffered, and the logic of blocks that is strengthening on a global scale increa...
    Anne Kerriou
    April 11 2025
    8 min
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    Containers: American announcements are alarming the market  

    BAROMETER. The prospect of a “double penalty”, namely increased tariffs and taxation of Chinese ships and operators in the United States, plunges the markets for freight rates into an erratic and hesitant state. While the reopening of the Red Sea appears to be a White House priority, the new global ...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    April 09 2025
    4 min

    Containers: 2024 ranking of the world's major ports

    INFOGRAPHICS. American and European ports have returned to growth in 2024, at a steady pace for the former and more moderate for the latter. Their Asian counterparts have mostly benefited from renewed Western and intra-Asian demand. 1/ The global Top 20 In 2024, the world's top 20 ports generated a ...
    Anne Kerriou
    April 03 2025
    9 min

    Shipping company profitability in 2025

    After unhoped for profits for the shipping companies in 2024, 2025 promises to be more difficult. Will the shipping companies make money this year? Every year for five years, Upply has tried to forecast whether or not the shipping companies would be profitable. Until now, our predictions have tended...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    March 31 2025
    6 min

    Containers: how to manage the return of refused goods

    The rapid, wide-ranging introduction of additional customs tariffs could encourage some importers to refuse goods and ask for them to be returned. This could be a real challenge for the shipping companies. In shipping company jargon, "return cargo" refers to cargo which needs to be returned to its s...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    March 26 2025
    3 min
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    France: a slight fall of road transport prices in February

    BAROMETER. Transport prices fell very slightly in February on a month-on-month basis. Economic uncertainty has entered a new dimension, which has reduced transport demand even further. Last month, we highlighted the political uncertainty that weighed on economic actors in France. But since then, the...
    William Béguerie
    March 20 2025
    3 min

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