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And here’s the current narrative
Container Trade Statistics released its March data and thus we finally have a benchmark number for Q1 market growth in terms of ocean volumes.
And the picture among carriers and forwarders that so far reported is varied.
On the carrier side, the largest volume gain so far was recorded by Japan’s ONE while on the forwarding side, none of the big ones grew as much as the market, which might be an indication again that independent, flexible forwarders are ...
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