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    Crew changes essential for supply chain continuity

    The disruption of air transport caused by the Covid-19 epidemic has made it difficult to carry out crew changes in the shipping industry. Solutions need to be found urgently if the workings of port economies and supply chain continuity are to be preserved. On Friday May 1, in and around cargo ports ...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    May 11 2020
    3 min

    Fresh produce: the latest challenge for the supply chain

    The Covid-19 epidemic is shaking up the fresh produce industry, which has been built on an intensive and low-cost model. It reveals logistical weaknesses for the immediate future. But it also highlights new consumer trends already identified, which will in the longer term transform the organization ...
    William Béguerie
    April 30 2020
    6 min

    Rotterdam-Qingdao: freight rates stabilise slightly

    Ocean freight rates from Europe to Asia have leveled off a little following the steady upward trend of recent weeks, as is demonstrated by Upply data for the carriage from Rotterdam to Qingdao of a 40' HC dry, non-hazardous container, on a port-to-port basis, THC included. What can be the explanatio...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    April 29 2020
    2 min
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    Ship size and speed will be crucial after the Covid crisis

    The coronavirus epidemic has highlighted the need to change the container shipping model even if it is true that it was already malfunctioning. Introducing mega container vessels and then slowing them down to reduce overcapacity now looks like a strategy that is bound to fail. "Need for Speed"…This ...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    April 23 2020
    5 min

    The TMS is the foundation for the digitalization of transport

    The Transport Management System (TMS) tools have proven themselves, whether it be to reduce transport costs on the shippers' side or to rationalize operations on the carriers’ side. In these times of digitalization of transport, they are an essential means of support. Upply takes this into account b...
    William Béguerie
    April 20 2020
    4 min

    Road transport prices in March: misleading impression of stability in France

    In a market seriously affected by the COVID-19 outbreak, road freight transport rates in France appear to be frozen (+0.05% compared to February). A flat curve that hides acute disparities. The fall in demand and also that in supply are making prices danse around to reach unheard-of extremes! Our mo...
    William Béguerie
    April 17 2020
    2 min

    Shanghai-Fos: freight rates slightly down in early April

    Our Upply data base shows a downward trend in ocean freight rates for the China-Mediterranean corridor. Access to capacity nevertheless remains problematic for small importing companies. Two main factors are currently weighing on freight rates on the Asia-Europe Mediterranean corridor, as is illustr...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    April 15 2020
    2 min

    How container shipping companies face the Coronavirus crisis

    The shipping companies, which are a key vector for globalized economies, find themselves in a complex situation in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Supply reduction is being used as a weapon to maintain freight rates at the moment but risks holding back recovery, particularly since it will not ...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    April 08 2020
    6 min

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