News / US west coast port congestion pushes east coast freight rates to record levels

27/01/2015

Container lines serving the US west coast ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach from Asia are suffering docking delays of up to three weeks according to an analysis by Alphaliner.

This means carriers must deploy extra vessels and is causing a record spike in spot ...

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