News / Shippers face higher costs as box lines take new emission targets on board

23/01/2014

European shippers should ready themselves for a hike in container shipping costs, as vessel operating and fuel costs are set to rise substantially.

Analyst Drewry says it expects ship operating costs to rise by 2-3% per year in the next few years, after keeping costs pegged ...

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