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    Lessons in hindsight: the impact of China’s European port acquisition strategy

    China’s grand European plan, along with Italy announcing its formal participation in the Belt and Road Initiative, means that China is on everyone’s lips. Since 2013, China has acquired shares in 14 European ports (not including ones with MoU agreements). While there is on-going debate regarding the...
    Ganyi Zhang
    May 07 2019
    7 min

    Containerized sea freight: is it time to switch from TEU to FEU?

    The role of China as the “factory of the world” for retail products has strongly incentivized the use of 40-foot shipping containers. TEUs – twenty-foot equivalent units –, although they remain the standard in the industry, only make up 20% of the units loaded on the major East-West routes. It there...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    May 06 2019
    3 min

    Reducing sulfur emissions in shipping: what are we talking about?

    The IMO’s new regulation on sulfur emission reduction for ships, imposed to maritime shipping companies, will enter into force on January 1, 2020. With just a few months left before the change, we have decided to publish a series of articles looking at the stakes and impacts of this regulation. For ...
    Anne Kerriou
    May 03 2019
    3 min
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    Maritime Line Rotterdam / Leixoes: an average rate of $1,200 USD per HC Port to Port

    Let’s focus this week on a typical European containerized Short Sea route. Rotterdam / Leixoes is a market dominated by the retail segment for FCL/FCL shipments in HCs from Asian origins.
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    May 02 2019
    3 min

    IRU bets on a 40% driver shortage in 2019

    The International Road Transport Union (IRU) is predicting a worsening of the shortage of drivers in Europe in 2019: 40% of job offers are unlikely to be filled, compared with 21% in 2018. Attracting female drivers and younger talent appear as key factors to cope with the current situation.
    Anne Kerriou
    April 30 2019
    4 min

    Incoterms ICC 2020: a decisive step in a new geopolitical framework

    The decade per decade revision process of Incoterms allows a broad consultation process towards a new consensus. This approach is a good way to identify the evolutions in trading habits, and to reach pragmatic decisions that make the work of international contracting parties easier.
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    April 29 2019
    2 min

    The price of transport is marking time on the French market

    Road haulage prices have taken a slight downward turn during the first quarter of 2019 according to Upply’s data. On a year-on-year basis the progression has been positive but the downturn in the manufacturing sector, especially in Germany, seems to have had a real impact.
    William Béguerie
    April 25 2019
    3 min

    Savannah / Shanghai: USD 1,800 per HC port to port

    This week lets focus on an export US lane, highlighting the buoyant activity from the Port of Savannah. It is the 4th largest containerized Port in the country after Los Angeles, Long Beach and New York.
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    April 24 2019
    2 min

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