Data reveals that near-sourcing is no myth

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The TOC Container Supply Chain event opened today in Antwerp with the prediction that box volumes are set to show higher growth in the second half of the year, adding to the tentative notes of optimism coming out of the shipping community, following last week’s observation by Maersk chief executive Nils Andersen that freight rates were back to profitable levels.

Despite a Europe that is shackled by austerity, and continuing uncertainty in North America, the more accelerated growth in north-south trades ...