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    Pays de la Loire : a region of road transporters

    Special Report. Road freight transport in the Pays de la Loire region is in relatively good health, thanks to an economy which is dynamic and quite diversified but also to the presence of well-established small and medium-sized companies in the sector. Intra-regional traffic is dominant. Road freigh...
    Anne Kerriou
    November 10 2020
    4 min

    Pays de la Loire : accelerating economic development through logistics

    SPECIAL REPORT. The Upply Road Freight Transport Tour de France is stopping off on this occasion in the Pays de la Loire. This first article presents the economic and logistical environment which generates the flow of road transport in the region. The Pays de la Loire is one of the rare regions whic...
    Anne Kerriou
    November 06 2020
    8 min

    The development of the “China+1” concept in the US and the EU

    Diversifying sourcing with additional manufacturing sites outside of China has become a top priority for the supply chain industry, even more so due to the pandemic. However, the degree of diversification is quite different between the US and the EU. The pandemic has undoubtedly favored the emergenc...
    Ganyi Zhang
    November 04 2020
    7 min
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    The regulation of container shipping in Europe

    Unlike their Chinese and American counterparts, the European competition authorities generally keep out of the commercial problems of the container shipping business. It is time no doubt to change this for the benefit of European Union trade. In China and the United States, the authorities responsib...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    October 29 2020
    4 min

    The United States makes freight transport a strategic priority

    The United States has published a National Freight Strategic Plan. Far from setting one transport mode against another, it sets out a vision and objectives aimed at ensuring that the freight transport system as a whole makes the country more competitive. In September 2020, in application of the FAST...
    Anne Kerriou
    October 27 2020
    5 min

    China-EU trade prospects compared to Transpacific trade

    Ocean Freight rates have evolved rather differently during the summer on Asia-Europe and Asia-North America routes. An analysis of trade between China and Europe, followed by a comparison with US-China trade, will allow a better understanding of this trend. The Euro-Asia trade lane seems much calmer...
    Ganyi Zhang
    October 23 2020
    6 min

    Cyber-attacks: the transport and logistics sector in the firing line

    In the transport and logistics sector, the list of companies which have fallen victim to cyber-attacks in the form of "ransomwares" is sadly getting longer by the day. Companies have nevertheless made considerable progress in deal with this kind of incident. In 2017, a worldwide cyber-attack targete...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    October 20 2020
    3 min

    No rebound in road transportation prices during September

    Road transportation prices on the French market rose by a meager 0.3% in September compared to August on our monthly Upply barometer. This is not enough to stem the inevitable fall in prices observed over the past year which was amplified by the Covid-19 crisis. The transportation price curve in Fra...
    William Béguerie
    October 15 2020
    3 min

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