Return to double-digit spot rate gains looms with new FAK hikes and surcharges
As expected after last week’s surge in spot rate levels, this week saw more modest ...
Much has been said about the recent shift in US inbound container flows from Asia, away from their traditional gateway hubs on the US west coast and towards the resurgent* east and Gulf coast hubs, so Premium thought it was time to add our tuppence-worth.
(*Pointless history nerd joke alert – resurgent in the sense that prior to containerisation and the ensuing globalisation, ports such as New York, Savannah, Charleston and New Orleans were the key nodes of US international trade.)
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