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Today’s Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) saw container spot rates tumble across the board, resulting in the SCFI comprehensive index losing a further 4.1 percentage points to 734, which is some 18% below the level of a year ago. 

The two major tradelanes, Asia – Europe, and the transpacific, both suffered rate declines ...

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  • Frederik deCockBuning

    September 23, 2019 at 4:49 pm

    is the carrier not always ‘at mercy of the forwarders ‘??
    ‘deja vue ‘! when will someone stand up and play the game
    the otherway !

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