News / Relief for carriers as decline in east-west container rates finally bottoms out

27/10/2017

Container freight rates on the main east-west trade routes rebounded this week after nearly two months of continual decline.

Carriers had announced new freight all kinds (FAK) prices and general rate increases (GRIs) to come into effect next week.

According to today’s Shanghai Containerised Freight Index (SCFI), the ...

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