News / 'More pronounced' demand slump drives container spot freight rate declines

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21/03/2025

Container spot freight rates on most of the main shipping trades saw another week of decline, although the rate was markedly less than the previous week.

Today’s Shanghai Containerised Freight Index (SCFI), which records quoted prices, showed single-digit drops on the four largest east-west trades, with ...

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