News / Shippers face 'eye-watering' rates and rollovers as carriers 'cherry-pick' cargo

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Shippers are scrambling to bring forward orders in a bid to mitigate the impact of the longer transit times from Asia to Europe as  vessels are re-routed around the Cape of Good Hope.

However, equipment in Asia is in extremely short supply, ...

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