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    Shipping companies adopt a new pricing logic

    Freight rates stayed generally stable in September at high levels. But their progression over the last 18 months shows that there has been a radical change in shipping company thinking on freight rates. One thing is clear in this post-summer holiday period: shippers are having to pay a lot more for ...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    October 20 2021
    2 min

    Road transport prices are still plateauing in September

    Road transport prices in France rose only very slightly again in September 2021, according to our Upply barometer. A situation that is likely to be transitory given the shortage of drivers and the inflation of energy prices. Following 2020, a year that was impacted by the health crisis, this Septemb...
    William Béguerie
    October 12 2021
    2 min

    Turbulent conditions for 2022 ocean freight contract negotiations

    The shipping companies look likely to change the rules as the new annual freight contract negotiating season gets under way in the container shipping sector. The contract negotiating season generally gets under way in early autumn in the container shipping sector and comes to a final end in June the...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    October 08 2021
    3 min
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    CMA CGM signs win-win rescue deal with Brittany Ferries

    CMA CGM and Brittany Ferries announced on 14 September that they were forming a passenger and freight partnership. The agreement provides a lifeline for Brittany Ferries but also important commercial benefits for CMA CGM. Brittany Ferries, which is based in Roscoff, close to the tip of the Brittany ...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    October 05 2021
    3 min

    Shortage of drivers in Europe reaches critical threshold

    The shortage of truck drivers is now reaching a critical point, especially in Europe. A factor that should affect the evolution of transport prices. It's the kind of refrain that we've been hearing for years: road transport is chronically labour-poor. But it seems that we are now reaching a critical...
    William Béguerie
    October 01 2021
    6 min

    Why shipping needs regular services

    Restoring quality of service in container shipping necessarily involves respecting weekly service frequency. The shipping companies are not in a hurry to do this, however. 1/ Why regularity is essential for quality of service in container shipping In so-called "regular" line container shipping, the ...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    September 28 2021
    4 min

    Global air freight demand stabilised in July

    Growth in air freight volumes and prices slowed in July 2021 but the trend has begun to reverse in the current late summer period, indicating that the peak season is getting under way. Latest IATA figures show that global demand for air freight rose 8.6% in July 2021 by comparison with July 2019. Al...
    Anne Kerriou
    September 20 2021
    3 min

    Road transport prices up very slightly in August

    Road transport prices in France rose very slightly in August 2021 up 0.1%, according to our Upply Freight Index for French Road Transport, in the context of a fourth wave of the pandemic. The margins for carriers continue their erosion. In August 2021, the health situation had still not improved in ...
    William Béguerie
    September 17 2021
    2 min

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