Carriers hope price hikes will hold as spot rates fall in CNY doldrums
Despite the muted trading activity since China’s new year holiday began this week, spot rates ...
Spot container freight rates on the largest deepsea trades rebounded this week, despite continuing weak demand, suggesting recent capacity cuts have begun to reverse months of pricing decline.
According to the Freightos FBX index, Asia-US west coast rates increased 11% week on week, to $2,763 per 40ft, which is around 80% lower than the same time last year.
“Ocean rates out of Asia were stable overall again this week – though Asia to US west coast prices ticked up and are now ...
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Daniel Pettersson
November 14, 2022 at 5:38 pmNot the first time FBX proves to be an absolute joke of an index. SCFI went down 285/TEU to Europe, but FBX went up 3%? Yeah OK..