News / Spot rates ex-China set to hit five figures – high street prices will rise, warning

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There were further double-digit increases in container spot freight rates this week, after a series of general rate increases and other surcharges came into effect on 1 June, a day or two after last week’s indices were published.

Drewry’s World Container Index (WCI) recorded week-on-weeks gains ...