'Desperate' GRIs by carriers prop up Asia-Europe spot rates, for now
Container shipping lines on the main east-west trades this week managed to reverse 15 weeks ...
While the biggest shippers of ocean container freight have limited say on where their carriers call, some industry executives used last week’s TOC Europe Container Supply Chain event in Amsterdam as a platform to call for greater choice.
Lars Jensen, partner and chief executive at SeaIntelligence Consulting, explained that due to the hugely diversified customer base using a single box ship, few customers had been able to influence carrier service strings.
“Historically, shippers haven’t played that great a role and, to be honest, I don’t see how ...
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