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Container shipping: why freight rates are holding up

Nothing seems able to disturb the tight capacity control strategy which has been exercised by the top ten shipping companies since the Chinese New Year on east-west trade routes. As a result, freight rates are holding up at high levels despite the fall in global demand. It has taken the Covid-19 epi...
Jerome de Ricqles
July 15 2020
4 min

Mobility Package: a new framework for European road transport

The European Parliament adopted the new rules on road freight transport provided for in the first part of the Mobility Package. The rule on rest times will be applied within a short time-frame. For the other provisions, they will become applicable within 18 months of the legislation entering into fo...
Anne Kerriou -
July 13 2020
4 min

Digitalisation in container shipping

Port Community Systems have become an essential tool for the exchange of information in the container shipping sector. Their role in the management of key data means, however, that particular attention needs to be paid to their governance. Over the last 20 years, the world's major cargo ports have i...
Jerome de Ricqles
July 10 2020
5 min
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API’s Key Role in the Digital Transformation of the Supply Chain

From Track & Trace to pricing strategies or route optimization, third party services directly plugged into internal tools can significantly improve the efficiency of the Supply Chain industry. An API can reduce the cost of the implementation of an IT solution by a factor of 2 or 3, compared to that ...
Thomas Larrieu
July 08 2020
2 min

China-Europe rail freight growth: long-lasting trend or flash in the pan?

The coronavirus pandemic has boosted the emergence of new options for the supply chain between Asia and Europe. Other modes than ocean shipping and airfreight have been considered, in particular railway and intermodal shipping. The Chinese government strongly supports this trend. The pandemic has po...
Ganyi Zhang
July 03 2020
7 min

Rotterdam-Santos: freight rates have been holding up since the start of the year

The cost of transport on the Rotterdam-Santos line has stayed robust in 2020 despite the Covid-19 crisis and unencouraging market fundamentals. Despite the alarming situation in Brazil, where management of the Covid-19 epidemic has become increasingly controversial, the market is holding up for the ...
Jerome de Ricqles
July 01 2020
2 min

Ocean freight transit times: data you need to have at your fingertips

Our Upply data base shows that transit times between Ningbo and Rotterdam have increased by 5% on average since the Chinese New Year. This is an important indicator for supply chain managers. Reduced capacity, slower ship speeds. Shipping companies' "recipes" for maintaining their margins in periods...
Jerome de Ricqles
June 30 2020
2 min

PACA: marked increase in internal road transport traffic flow over 5 years

DOSSIER. Road freight transport in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region has experienced significant growth in 5 years. This is based on strong growth in internal traffic flow and controlled erosion of inflows and outflows. By its geographic position, its manufacturing fabric and its network of port...
Anne Kerriou -
June 26 2020
6 min

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