$1.5m China-built ship charge would bring return of US port congestion
The million-dollar-plus charges for Chinese-built vessels calling at US ports would unsurprisingly put inflationary pressure ...
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As shippers, carriers and forwarders look to index-linked contracts (ILAs) to mitigate risk to capital amid Red-Sea freight-rate volatility, Matthew Gore, partner at shipping law firm HFW, warned of potential flaws in the system.
Yesterday, Xeneta revealed that a shipper with an ILA may use 40ft containers (feu) to transport their goods, but their contract is tied to a 20ft equivalent container index (teu).
It said: “Global ocean trade is dominated by 40ft containers, yet many ILAs benchmark against teu indices ...
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Walter Kemmsies
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