Comment / OceanX: Last-ditch attempt to save sliding rates in turbulent times 

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Carriers try to push for 1 March general rate increases (GRIs) on Asia-Europe – the usual bad timing? 

Whether blanked sailings would help in that respect remains to be seen. 

In the meantime, solid results for 2024 keep flowing in with South Korea’s HMM being the latest to deliver a few billion dollars and, as with others in container shipping, their third-best results ever. 

But new vessel orders continue to flow in, and the pricing tied to those new ...