News / China set to step in and hold down box line rates, with ocean freight 'a global mess'

11/09/2020

Chinese authorities are set to interfere in both pricing and capacity management on the transpacific, as rates soared to record highs again this week.

China’s ministry of communications today discussed refusing to allow carriers to increase the spot rate from China to the US, and that ...

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