News / Rock-bottom Asia-Europe box shipping rates could triple overnight this week

30/03/2015

The forthcoming general rate increase (GRIs) set to be introduced on the Asia-Europe trade, could see rates triple overnight this week.

Friday’s Shanghai Containerised Freight Index (SCFI) saw the Shanghai-North Europe spot rate decline to just $586 per teu, its lowest since June 2013.

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