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Transatlantic container rates from North Europe to the US east coast have fallen below pre-pandemic levels after ocean carriers pumped far too much capacity back into the tradelane.

And now, against a backdrop of poor voyage results, shipping lines are being obliged to revise their growth ...

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  • Brian Pendleton

    December 06, 2023 at 6:19 am

    Save money and use Liverpool 2 for the big container ships to the west coast, USA.

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