News / 'Desperate' GRIs by carriers prop up Asia-Europe spot rates, for now

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Container shipping lines on the main east-west trades this week managed to reverse 15 weeks of consecutive declines in spot freight rates by managing to push through a general rate increase on ex-Asia loadings.

This week’s Drewry World Container Index (WCI) saw the spot rate on ...

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