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    Tensions between China and US: closer EU-China trade relations?

    Could trade relations between China and the European Union profit from the tensions between China and the US? This article tries to answer this question by exploring the impact of the transatlantic and transpacific trade tensions on China-EU trade relations. The China-US phase one deal certainly did...
    Ganyi Zhang
    June 23 2020
    8 min

    May 2020: road transport prices continue their predicted decline

    Road transport prices on the French market fell in May compared to April. However, the fall is less severe than expected: - 0.86% according to our monthly Upply barometer. The evolution of French road transport prices in May shows that the resilience factors that we described in April, such as long-...
    William Béguerie
    June 22 2020
    3 min

    PACA: a strategic role for the Mediterranean-Rhône-Saône corridor

    DOSSIER. Upply resumes its “Tour de France of Road Freight Transport” by taking a detailed look at the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region (PACA). Mediterranean crossroads, the site of France's largest port, PACA can count on several sectors such as aeronautics, pharma, chemicals, electronics, or agri...
    Anne Kerriou
    June 19 2020
    9 min
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    Air freight capacity squeeze keeps freight rates up

    Prices soaring as demand collapses? This improbable state of affairs continued in the air freight industry in April 2020 as capacity continued to contract more than demand. According to our Upply data, however, the increase in freight rates seemed to start to slow down in the final week of April. Th...
    Anne Kerriou
    June 15 2020
    4 min

    The crisis is speeding up change in the HGV sector
    William Béguerie
    June 12 2020
    5 min

    Ningbo-Seattle: ocean freight rates high for the season

    Eastbound ocean freight rates in the trans-Pacific trades are holding up at high levels. Shipping companies are keeping a tight grip on capacity and the American retail sector has started to rebuild its stocks. Eastbound freight rates in the trans-Pacific trades are holding up at very high levels fo...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    June 10 2020
    2 min

    EU-Brazil trade amid the recovery and outbreak

    Brazil is the single largest supplier of agricultural products and the main supplier of raw material for the European Union. Whilst the country is now in the thick of the coronavirus pandemic, this paper discusses the impact of the outbreak in Brazil on the recovery of the EU. Since May, as Europe b...
    Ganyi Zhang
    June 09 2020
    7 min

    Ship cargo declarations: the learning period is over

    Inaccurate declarations regarding the weight and nature of the cargo carried in containers are costly for the shipping companies. Following what can be termed a learning period, they can now be expected to take a firmer line. On June 1, the Chinese transport ministry introduced tighter controls and ...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    June 04 2020
    4 min

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