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Normandy : a lacklustre road freight transport market

SPECIAL REPORT. Road freight transport in the Normandy region has been on a downward trend in recent years despite a recovery in 2018. Internal transport flows are showing the greatest buoyancy. Road freight transport traffic in Normandy, excluding transit, international and foreign flag traffic, sh...
Anne Kerriou -
December 10 2020
5 min

The success of cross-border e-commerce in the Europe-Asia trade lane

The pandemic has meant that consumers are increasingly turning to online shopping. E-commerce has become a very significant source of traffic flow between Europe and Asia in both directions. Consumers are increasingly turning to online shopping in the face of the pandemic. Major shopping events such...
Ganyi Zhang
December 08 2020
9 min

Containers needed urgently…

European, American and Chinese exporters have reported recurrent difficulties in recent weeks in obtaining containers from the shipping companies. The problem is less due to a shortage than to the inability of the shipping companies to reposition containers quickly to the places where they are neede...
Jerome de Ricqles
December 04 2020
5 min
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Normandy: a logistics industry with a strong maritime dimension

SPECIAL REPORT. Upply's Road Freight Transport Tour de France is this week exploring Normandy. A heavily industrialized region, with a logistics industry strongly marked by the Port of Le Havre and the Seine Valley corridor. In 2015, under the terms of French local government reorganization legislat...
Anne Kerriou -
December 03 2020
6 min

US-EU tariff lists: Food and agricultural sector trade on the front line

On November 9th, the European Union decided to impose tariffs on around 4 billion dollars-worth of American products. One year ago, the US took a similar decision for 7.5 billion dollars-worth of European products. Our comparative analysis shows that the food and agricultural sector is that most exp...
Ganyi Zhang
December 01 2020
7 min

Air and sea freight market still favourable to carriers

International transport prices are continuing to rise in both the aviation and container shipping sectors. As the uncertainty over public health continues all over the world, the balance of power clearly does not favour shippers. The Covid-19 epidemic and the political decisions to contain the pande...
David Thebault
November 26 2020
6 min

Moderate recovery in road transportation prices in Europe in Q3

The lifting of lockdown measures generated a recovery in demand in the third quarter of 2020, with a certain tendency to catch up with normal levels. At the same time, capacity returned to the market, as such limiting the rise in prices of road freight transportation. After reaching its lowest level...
Anne Kerriou -
November 24 2020
3 min

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

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