Cancelled voyages take the sting out of spot rate declines this week
Container freight spot rates maintained their downward trajectory this week, as tariff uncertainty continued to ...
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By Mike Wackett
Ocean carriers appear to have succeeded in recovering around 75% of their IMO transition surcharges for spot and short-term contract business from Asia to North Europe.
And on the transpacific, the container lines appear to have achieved the full quantum of their low-sulphur surcharges.
Today’s Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) recorded a further $34 per teu uplift in spot rates to North Europe, to $800 per teu.
This followed the $64 per teu gain in the previous week, when the LSFO (low-sulphur fuel ...
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