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Soaring airfreight rates have left some commodities on the ground, but expedited ocean services offer an alternative.

To offer a faster maritime link across the Pacific, less-than-container load (LCL) consolidator ECU Worldwide launched an LCL express service between Shanghai and Los Angeles towards the end of last month.

Its Xlerate offering uses Matson Navigation for a 10-day transit between the two ports and ECU claims this is the fastest port-to-port time on the route.

The traffic is unloaded in Los Angeles at the ...

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