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    Air freight still not back to 2019 level

    Demand for air freight has been rising constantly since the low point in the month of April but at a slow rate. Freight rates are tending to stabilise as the peak season approaches. The month of August confirmed the disappointing diagnosis made by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) i...
    Anne Kerriou
    October 13 2020
    4 min

    Antwerp/New York: slight erosion of freight rates over last 3 months

    Upply’s data show a slight erosion of ocean freight rates on the Antwerp/New York, despite efficient capacity control. In the Transatlantic sector, the shipping companies have traditionally deployed small capacity vessels, generally ranging from 6,000 TEU to 8,000 TEU, which enables them to manage t...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    October 12 2020
    2 min

    Driver shortage: women to the rescue

    In the United States, the share of women among truck drivers increased from 3% to 11% between 2009 and 2020. Europe is far behind, with a proportion of around 2%, but also sees feminization as a way to address the shortage of drivers. In 2018, the shortage of truck drivers in the United States stood...
    William Béguerie
    October 08 2020
    6 min
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    China-US: Trade boom or Trade war？

    During the summer, the demand in the US for Chinese goods was very strong. Does this mean that the trade war is mainly a verbal one? Certainly not. The diversification in suppliers is a reality, especially in high added-value sectors. The record high transpacific eastbound ocean freight rate, due to...
    Ganyi Zhang
    October 06 2020
    6 min

    International Transport Barometer: freight rates still high

    The global economy and international transport are strongly correlated. Upply is launching an "International Transport Barometer", which aims to shed light on price trends in sea and air freight transport. The coronavirus epidemic has deeply disrupted international supply chains. In both maritime an...
    David Thebault
    October 05 2020
    1 min

    Rethinking the Congestion in the China-Europe Railway

    The Asia-Europe Railway has been in the limelight since the outbreak of the pandemic, with a sharp surge in freight volume during the past eight months. However, this success is now hampered by its level of congestion. In the past eight months, the volume of freight (TEUs) via the Asia-Europe railwa...
    Ganyi Zhang
    October 01 2020
    6 min

    Nouvelle-Aquitaine: a fairly stable Road Freight Transportation market

    DOSSIER. Road freight transportation in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region has remained mostly stable between 2014 and 2018. As elsewhere in France, demand is mainly driven by intra-regional traffic flows. Road freight transportation (RFT) in Nouvelle-Aquitaine has seen little development in recent years...
    Anne Kerriou
    September 29 2020
    4 min

    Tokyo-Southampton freight rates: a slight downward trend

    Following the conclusion of a first significant pre-Brexit bilateral agreement between Britain and Japan, we look this week at the freight rate trend on the Tokyo-Southampton line. With freight rates steady at a high level, although slightly down these last weeks, our Upply data for 40' containers t...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    September 25 2020
    2 min

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