News / Good week for Asia-Europe carriers with box shipping rates up 20% as price hikes bite

02/12/2016

The North Europe component of the Shanghai Containerised Freight Index (SCFI) soared 20% this week to $930 per teu as carriers succeeded in implementing a good quantum of their 1 December rate increases.

The boost from the container spot rate market could not have been better ...

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