Container spot rates still falling, but gently, thanks to capacity discipline
Container spot freight rates on the main east-west trades all declined over the past week, ...
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By Mike Wackett
Shippers face many more months of inflated freight rates, as ocean carriers show no sign of easing their strategy of keeping capacity tight and favouring high-paying spot cargo.
In a customer Q&A session this morning, Hapag-Lloyd CEO Rolf Habben Jansen said the carrier was still “flooded ...
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