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    Transatlantic trade: further progress on tariffs

    The United States and the European Union are one step closer to resolving their trade disputes. Suspension of additional tariffs has been granted in both the large aircraft dispute and the steel and aluminum dispute. A number of decisions in May and June 2021 have undoubtedly provided very positive ...
    Ganyi Zhang
    July 08 2021
    3 min

    Second half scenarios for the container shipping market

    The sharp rise in container shipping freight rates should peak in the summer but everything indicates that they will stabilise at high levels. Last January, when we made our traditional start of the year forecasts, we came up with three hypotheses for the container shipping market in 2021:
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    July 06 2021
    5 min

    Financial Panorama of the World's Leading Transport Groups

    Upply publishes its first financial overview of the freight transport industry, based on the 2020 results of the main groups operating internationally. The objective is to show the economic importance of the sector and the impact of the pandemic on the different categories of operators. Since it was...
    David Thébault
    July 01 2021
    2 min
    Upply × Keelvar: get a head start on your tenders
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    Freeing up of Ever Given: our advice to importers

    The container ship Ever Given should soon be able to sail again, as a financial agreement is in sight. Affected importers must prepare for this deadline. A financial agreement seems to be in the process of being concluded between SCA, the managing authority of the Suez Canal, and Shoei Kisen, the ow...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    June 29 2021
    2 min

    Ocean freight rates continue to climb

    Ocean freight rates continued to rise in May on all the main East-West markets. The rise is being fuelled by strong Western demand against a background of growing uncertainty and concern about the feasibility of transport operations. The United States and, with the exception of Germany, Europe are c...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    June 23 2021
    2 min

    Hungary, a promising logistics hub for the China-Europe connection

    Hungary is expected to become a major logistics hub for the China-Europe trade, as demonstrated by several major infrastructure projects that are already deployed or planned. Multiple transportation infrastructure projects already deployed or planned place Hungary in a position to become a new logis...
    Ganyi Zhang
    June 22 2021
    10 min

    2011-2021 China-Europe Rail Freight: Ten-Year Review

    The year 2021 marks the tenth anniversary of the China Railway Express (CRE). A vast rail freight network linking China to Europe which has been gradually building up. Traffic is taking off, and expansion plans are well underway. Originally, in 2011, the China Railway Express was just a route for sh...
    Ganyi Zhang
    June 16 2021
    2 min

    Air freight continued to grow in April 2021

    Economic recovery and soaring ocean freight rates have made air freight more attractive. In April, freight volume again exceeded pre-crisis levels. Latest figures from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) for April 2021 confirm the air freight industry's recovery. For the third consecu...
    Anne Kerriou
    June 15 2021
    5 min

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