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News / A festive rate respite, but carriers may be in for 'a bumpy ride' in 2019

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The penultimate reading from the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) for 2018 saw continued erosion of spot rates on the transpacific, countered by gains on the Asia-Europe trades.

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