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    Should shippers invest in their own container fleets ?

    The current container shortage is seriously disrupting the fluidity of the supply chain. Should shippers build up container fleets of their own? A first response. Draw me a container…On the shipping planet today, shippers would no doubt happily borrow the words of Antoine de Saint Exupery's Little P...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    April 02 2021
    3 min

    Little softening of demand or prices in the shipping sector

    The fall in demand generally seen at the end of the Chinese New Year celebrations did not occur this year. Ships are full and container freight rates are still high. "Take your annual holidays now. All the ships are full…" This half-joking remark from a shipping company executive sums up well the cu...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    March 25 2021
    2 min

    Road transport price rise marks a pause in February

    Road transport prices stayed stable in France in February 2021, according to our Upply barometer. This is a fairly good reflection of the wait-and-see attitude of the market as it tries to decide whether there are better times ahead or whether morale is continuing to be affected by the crisis. In Fr...
    William Béguerie
    March 19 2021
    2 min
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    Europe: seized up supply chains

    By impairing the fluidity of road freight transportation, the two shocks of the Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit have undermined European supply chains. According to former Belgian diplomat and holder of a PhD in Political Science, Raoul Delcorde, "interdependence trumps sovereignty" in a globalized wor...
    William Béguerie
    March 16 2021
    8 min

    Air freight: all indicators on go as 2021 gets under way

    Demand for air freight has been sustained in the early part of 2021. In this favourable climate, transport prices remain at high levels even if they have shown a seasonal reduction. The year has begun on a "positive note" for the air freight industry, according to the International Air Transport Ass...
    Anne Kerriou
    March 12 2021
    2 min

    ''One-stop shopping'' is back in fashion

    The current disruption of international transport, particularly shipping, has revived the concept of "one-stop shopping", with the result that shipping companies and forwarders are increasingly swapping roles. In this early part of 2021, the Covid-19 pandemic is continuing to disrupt international t...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    March 09 2021
    5 min

    Centre-Val-de-Loire: solid momentum in road freight transportation

    SPECIAL REPORT. The road freight transportation in the Centre-Val-de-Loire region is on a positive momentum. Global traffic has increased by 4% in 5 years, thanks to internal traffic. Over the past 5 years, road freight transportation (RFT) in Centre-Val-de-Loire, excluding transit, international tr...
    Anne Kerriou
    March 05 2021
    4 min

    Monthly Container Shipping Barometer

    Upply is proposing a new monthly feature, the Container Shipping Barometer, so as to follow market developments closely in this particularly volatile period.
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    March 02 2021
    2 min

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