Maersk skips call at Rotterdam as labour issues bring delay
Labour unrest at the port of Rotterdam has exposed long-standing issues and diminishing hopes of ...
Ocean carriers are mostly holding the line on the huge mid-December and 1 January Asia-North Europe GRIs (general rate increases), and appear to have finally turned the corner with their rate restoration drive.
Encouraged somewhat by the carriers themselves, for the past few months several China-based forwarders have been undercutting agreed rates with the lines, in order to secure additional spot business.
In most cases, the carriers have hitherto been prepared to discount rates further, in order to hold market share, which ...
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