News / Air cargo rates skyrocket again as forwarders scramble for capacity

12/10/2021

The mad dash to avoid container shipping delays has seen some airfreight rates climb by ten times in a single week.

Yesterday, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics told customers: “The already tense situation in the airfreight market has worsened dramatically in recent days.

“An imbalance between supply and demand ...

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