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    Optimizing freight transportation: a collaborative task

    Digital players are creating new opportunities to optimize freight transportation flows, which enables pertinent cooperation that will strengthen market efficiency. A pragmatic approach illustrated by the collaboration between Upply and PTV. The road freight transportation market is currently underg...
    Upply News
    November 20 2020
    4 min

    Road transport prices fall slightly in October

    Road hauliers saw October 2020 prices fall 0.4% against those of the previous month on the French market, according to our Upply barometer. The modest recovery which had been in progress was obliterated by the new public health measures. The transport price graph showed a slight 0.4% fall in October...
    William Béguerie
    November 19 2020
    3 min

    The emergence of Road Freight Services between China and Europe

    The disruption of shipping due to the pandemic has generated a growing need for diversified transportation modes on the Europe-Asia trade lane. While China-EU rail freight has caught most attention, there have also been growing demands for road freight between China and the EU. The door-to-door Chin...
    Ganyi Zhang
    November 18 2020
    6 min
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    Air freight industry continues to recover

    Demand is returning in the air freight industry, which is little by little catching up on its 2019 traffic levels. After a lull, freight rates are climbing again. Worldwide air freight traffic in tonne-kilometres in September 2020 was down 8% on its level in September 2019, according to the figures ...
    Anne Kerriou
    November 12 2020
    4 min

    Pays de la Loire : a region of road transporters

    Special Report. Road freight transport in the Pays de la Loire region is in relatively good health, thanks to an economy which is dynamic and quite diversified but also to the presence of well-established small and medium-sized companies in the sector. Intra-regional traffic is dominant. Road freigh...
    Anne Kerriou
    November 10 2020
    5 min

    Pays de la Loire : accelerating economic development through logistics

    SPECIAL REPORT. The Upply Road Freight Transport Tour de France is stopping off on this occasion in the Pays de la Loire. This first article presents the economic and logistical environment which generates the flow of road transport in the region. The Pays de la Loire is one of the rare regions whic...
    Anne Kerriou
    November 06 2020
    8 min

    The development of the “China+1” concept in the US and the EU

    Diversifying sourcing with additional manufacturing sites outside of China has become a top priority for the supply chain industry, even more so due to the pandemic. However, the degree of diversification is quite different between the US and the EU. The pandemic has undoubtedly favored the emergenc...
    Ganyi Zhang
    November 04 2020
    7 min

    The regulation of container shipping in Europe

    Unlike their Chinese and American counterparts, the European competition authorities generally keep out of the commercial problems of the container shipping business. It is time no doubt to change this for the benefit of European Union trade. In China and the United States, the authorities responsib...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    October 29 2020
    4 min

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