News / Ocean carriers the 'outright financial winners' in a year of unpredictability

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A year of unpredictability has led to substantial increases in both ocean and air freight rates, according to today’s report from Transport Intelligence (Ti), and complicated market factors are making future trends hard to predict.  

Ocean freight rates remain elevated – 117.6 points above January – and are not expected to return to pre-crisis levels any time soon, according to Ti data.  

Indeed, chief analyst at Xeneta Peter Sand told The Loadstar Podcast the “clear outright financial winners” this year ...