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    Transportation prices consolidate their rise in May

    Road transportation prices in France rose by 0.3% in May according to our monthly Upply barometer. A rise that is certainly modest, but which confirms the upward trend. In May, France began a gradual easing of lockdown measures. Travel between regions was allowed for the entire population as of May ...
    William Béguerie
    June 10 2021
    2 min

    Will low value cargo return to conventional ships?

    Some low added value goods have been able to switch to container ships in recent years, thanks to low freight rates. Soaring transport prices in 2020 have changed the situation, however. So-called "poor" merchandise, which is to say goods of low value per cubic metre or tonne, were late coming to co...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    June 09 2021
    4 min

    What should shipping companies do with their exceptional profits?

    Ocean freight rates have stayed at astronomically high levels for longer than expected on all the major trade routes. The shipping companies are generating exceptional revenues and these can help them to respond to a number of challenges. The well-tried method of clinically adjusting capacity to mat...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    June 03 2021
    4 min
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    Europe: rise in road transportation prices in Q1 2021

    The average rate for road freight transportation in Europe are growing in the 1st quarter of 2021, both year on year and quarterly, despite the 3rd wave of Covid-19. After a slight decline in the 4th quarter of 2020, the average road freight rate in Europe is on the rise again. According to the late...
    Anne Kerriou
    May 27 2021
    3 min

    France: A new legal framework for digital freight platforms

    The new French law on mobility has changed the legal framework for freight exchanges and digital marketplaces. Update on the main changes with Claire Couvreur, Head of Legal and Compliance at Upply. 1/ The Mobility Orientation Law (LOM) provides for a framework for the activity of digital platforms ...
    Claire Couvreur
    May 25 2021
    3 min

    The rise in ocean freight rates goes global

    The rise in freight rates is continuing and is now affecting virtually all maritime trade routes. Demand, meanwhile, is showing no sign of weakening. After the main East-West markets, the North-South and cross-trade markets are now experiencing a significant increase in freight rates. Only on the ea...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    May 18 2021
    2 min

    Air freight in top form in March 2021

    Demand for air freight reached its highest ever level in March. Cargo volumes exceeded pre-Covid levels and prices continued to show favorable growth. For the second consecutive month, global air freight volumes, measured in tonne-kilometres, exceeded pre crisis levels. In March 2021, growth was up ...
    Anne Kerriou
    May 17 2021
    5 min

    Road transportation prices start to rise again in April

    Road transportation prices resumed their rise in France in April 2021, according to our Upply barometer. The sector is also marked by an acceleration in external growth operations. In April 2021, France experienced its third lockdown since the beginning of the pandemic. The restrictive measures were...
    William Béguerie
    May 12 2021
    2 min

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