US port dispute: 'the carriers and USMX are going to lose this battle'
The employers’ “only choice” is “how they want to lose” the stand-off with US east ...
Transpacific container spot rates were in the ascendancy this week as industrial action storm clouds gathered over US east coast ports.
Drewry’s WCI Asia-US east coast spot rate component inched up 1% on the week, to $8,811 per 40ft, which is 157% higher than a year ago.
But the ‘ship has already sailed’ for Asian exporters trying to get their goods through US east coast ports before a potential strike on 1 October; so it follows ...
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