News / New price hikes may slow ocean spot rate slide – but for how long?

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28/03/2025

Container spot freight rate indices showed some divergence this week, indicating that recent falls in ocean rates on the main east-west trades could be reversed next week, if only temporarily.

While Drewry’s World Container Index (WCI), which records rates paid in the past week, continued its ...

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