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    The crisis is speeding up change in the HGV sector

    Truck manufacturers expected a fall in new truck registrations as part of the end of the latest cycle in the road freight sector. Under the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, however, the decline in registrations has gone into free fall. This could serve to accelerate the profound change already takin...
    William Béguerie
    June 12 2020
    5 min

    Ningbo-Seattle: ocean freight rates high for the season

    Eastbound ocean freight rates in the trans-Pacific trades are holding up at high levels. Shipping companies are keeping a tight grip on capacity and the American retail sector has started to rebuild its stocks. Eastbound freight rates in the trans-Pacific trades are holding up at very high levels fo...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    June 10 2020
    2 min

    EU-Brazil trade amid the recovery and outbreak

    Brazil is the single largest supplier of agricultural products and the main supplier of raw material for the European Union. Whilst the country is now in the thick of the coronavirus pandemic, this paper discusses the impact of the outbreak in Brazil on the recovery of the EU. Since May, as Europe b...
    Ganyi Zhang
    June 09 2020
    7 min
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    Ship cargo declarations: the learning period is over

    Inaccurate declarations regarding the weight and nature of the cargo carried in containers are costly for the shipping companies. Following what can be termed a learning period, they can now be expected to take a firmer line. On June 1, the Chinese transport ministry introduced tighter controls and ...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    June 04 2020
    4 min

    States come to the rescue of ''their'' shipping companies

    Once again, a certain number of states have decided to provide regular line container shipping companies with financial aid. Some protest that this is an intolerable breach of free market rules. But it is also a matter of defending key assets. The government of South Korea granted emergency aid tota...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    June 02 2020
    3 min

    Road transport prices in France: down 2% in April

    Our monthly Upply barometer for road freight transport in France shows a fall in rates of 2% in April 2020, compared to March 2020. This decline, although significant, does not fully reflect the economic catastrophe that has arisen from the Covid19 epidemic. The worst is yet to come. April 2020 was ...
    William Béguerie
    May 29 2020
    4 min

    Cross-border E-commerce: a silver lining to the uncertainty of global trade?

    The pandemic has resulted in a strong increase in demand for e-commerce since lockdown measures have led consumers to seek more online options. Under the challenges facing global trade, which the IMF predicts will suffer an 11% annual contraction, we analyze in this paper if cross-border e-commerce ...
    Ganyi Zhang
    May 26 2020
    9 min

    Reformatting the shipping industry post-Covid: the possible scenarios

    Because of its impact on world trade volumes, the coronavirus epidemic has had a massive impact on regular line shipping on and has heavily disrupted supply chains. What form will recovery take in the sector after the first worldwide wave of the coronavirus? Here is a first response based on three p...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    May 22 2020
    8 min

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