Return to double-digit spot rate gains looms with new FAK hikes and surcharges
As expected after last week’s surge in spot rate levels, this week saw more modest ...
Travellers to India are often entertained to hear a strange oxymoronic phrase that is a conjunction of words seemingly at odds with each other, and yet encapsulates a very particular meaning: “same same, but different”.
As a shipping journalist for 20-plus years, I am reminded of this when we look at industry recessions, which share odd, but recurring, characteristics – one of which is that when the box volumes thin out, container lines go on the hunt for other cargo types.
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