News / Europe’s barge operators ditch containers as demand and rates fall

Barge ship transporting containers in the Port of Antwerp

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13/10/2023

Barge owners in northern Europe are ditching containers and moving to liquids to transport as the rates crunch plaguing deepsea box shipping begins to affect them.

Inland operators and barge owners told The Loadstar full-box movements at Antwerp and Rotterdam had been low for some time, ...

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