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News / Carrier price hikes hold, driving spot rates higher as space gets scarcer

Red Hook CT Port of New York & New Jersey
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Container spot freight rates on the transpacific and Asia-Europe trades saw a massive jump this week, as a series of 1 June general rate increases (GRIs) took effect and held for the remainder of the week.

All the major indices showed large double-digit gains, apart from ...

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