Seabury sees a slight turn of the tide for air freight

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Normally publicity-shy Seabury has completed the research it publishes annually. Noting that 2016 was always going to be tricky in comparative terms, following the west coast port disruption in 2015, the consultancy tried, as ever, to find a note of optimism. Yes, the first half was lacklustre, with poor demand, rates and yields. But perishables showed good signs of growth, with flowers blooming above all else, and the sector ‘almost single-handedly offset the decline in volumes of some key high-value commodities ...