Container trade economics – what to look for now
Making sense of a fools’ game
Container freight rates on the Asia-Europe trade suffered a further decline last week as the slide into loss-making terrritory for shipping lines continued apace.
The Shanghai Containerised Freight Index (SCFI) again posted a double-digit drop, seeing 10.1% of the spot rate from Shanghai to North European ...
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