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    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

    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

    States come to the rescue of ''their'' shipping companies

    Once again, a certain number of states have decided to provide regular line container shipping companies with financial aid. Some protest that this is an intolerable breach of free market rules. But it is also a matter of defending key assets. The government of South Korea granted emergency aid tota...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    June 02 2020
    3 min
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    Road transport prices in France: down 2% in April

    Our monthly Upply barometer for road freight transport in France shows a fall in rates of 2% in April 2020, compared to March 2020. This decline, although significant, does not fully reflect the economic catastrophe that has arisen from the Covid19 epidemic. The worst is yet to come. April 2020 was ...
    William Béguerie
    May 29 2020
    4 min

    Reformatting the shipping industry post-Covid: the possible scenarios

    Because of its impact on world trade volumes, the coronavirus epidemic has had a massive impact on regular line shipping on and has heavily disrupted supply chains. What form will recovery take in the sector after the first worldwide wave of the coronavirus? Here is a first response based on three p...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    May 22 2020
    8 min

    European road freight rates: Impact due to Covid still limited in Q1

    The road freight transport prices in Europe fell by 0.8% in the first quarter of 2020 compared to the previous quarter, and by only 0.2% compared to Q1 2019. The impact of the Covid-19 epidemic was still limited during this period, though there were some warning signals on certain lanes. The road fr...
    Anne Kerriou
    May 21 2020
    2 min

    The resumption of activity in European supply chains and transport
    William Béguerie
    May 18 2020
    6 min

    ANTWERP-NORFOLK: freight rates starting to be eroded

    Ocean freight rates in the trans-Atlantic trades held up relatively well during the first quarter, as is illustrated by the evolution of the rate on the Antwerp-Norfolk line for a 40' dry high cube container, carried on a port-to-port basis, THC included. But the economic crisis which has smitten th...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    May 13 2020
    2 min

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