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Comment / OceanX: The floor is here – 'igniting hope' as weak-for-good Q4 begins

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The supermoon has passed, the festival is over. And China is still on vacation until the end of this week.

This means, Christmas cargo should be on the water by now, it should indeed.

So, if there is any peak between now and the usual pre-Chinese New Year rush, it will be a mini-boom in air freight in case some retailers played planning too conservatively – or consumer demand makes a sudden upswing.

All the ...

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