Market Insights | Transportation & Logistics Analysis (18)

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    Port terminals under pressure

    Industrial relations are becoming increasingly strained in port terminals, which are being hit hard by the current disorganisation of the shipping lines. This poses a risk which the shipping companies should not take lightly. Container terminals need visibility to be able to plan their work and pers...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    May 04 2021
    2 min

    The implications of road transportation charging

    The charging of road transportation in Europe is a subject as essential as it is sensitive. Each development requires a clear definition of the objectives pursued, without losing sight of the emotional dimension of the subject. The inventory of taxes, duties or other charges levied on road freight t...
    William Béguerie
    April 27 2021
    7 min

    Air freight continues to benefit from a following wind

    Demand for air freight increased again in February. Cargo volumes returned to pre-Covid levels, helped by the continuing disorganisation of supply chains. Freight rates stayed at high levels. The recovery is continuing in the air freight industry. Cargo volumes in February increased 9% over those fo...
    Anne Kerriou
    April 21 2021
    2 min
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    High ocean freight rates here to stay

    Helped by strong demand, container shipping freight rates stayed at high levels in March. The prospect of an early summer turn-round in the market in favour of shippers is starting to look unlikely. The shipping companies are continuing to push average transport prices upwards. Clients are increasin...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    April 15 2021
    2 min

    Ile-de-France: indispensable but unloved road transportation

    SPECIAL REPORT. After the doldrums of 2015, road freight transportation in Île-de-France has picked up, without returning to 2014 levels. The sector is under severe pressure. In 2018, road freight transportation (RFT) in Île-de-France, excluding transit, international traffic and foreign-flagged com...
    Anne Kerriou
    April 13 2021
    4 min

    Road transportation prices continue to stagnate

    Road transportation prices remained almost stable (-0.2%) in France in March 2021, according to our Upply barometer. On the other hand, the volumes transported and diesel prices rose quite sharply. In France, the month of March was first marked by the continuation of the health measures put in place...
    William Béguerie
    April 09 2021
    2 min

    Ever Given owner declares general average: what shippers should do

    Shoe Kisen Kaisha, the Japanese company which owns the Ever Given, has declared general average. Its decision will have major consequences for cargo owners. The probably necessary but highly costly operation carried out by salvage company Smit to free the container ship Ever Given, which was stuck i...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    April 08 2021
    5 min

    Île-de-France: an inescapably logistical region

    DOSSIER. The “Upply Tour de France of transport and logistics" comes to an end in Île-de-France. Through its connectivity, its economic weight and the size of its population, this region plays a key logistical role. "The new map of French regions, which came into being through the law of January 16,...
    Anne Kerriou
    April 07 2021
    6 min

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