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Comment on this article
Hariesh Manaadiar
March 06, 2015 at 4:53 amHaving been in the industry several years, I personally do not know of any shippers who are prepared to pay extra freight just so that their cargo reaches destination in time..
There maybe some JIT delivery customers who look for the fastest transit time, but on a 10000 TEU ship for example if they have about 10 TEUS, the shipping lines are not likely to speed up to accommodate these 10 TEUs..
It is natural that any shipping line will sail at the speed that is most economical for them..