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News / Spot rates still climbing, but lack of empty boxes the prime worry for forwarders

shanghai port © Jingaiping
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Container spot rates continued to climb on the Asia-Europe trades this week on the back of strong demand and extremely tight capacity, in terms of both vessel and equipment availability.

Today’s Shanghai Containerised Freight Index (SCFI) published a rate of $1,508 per teu for Shanghai-North Europe, ...

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  • Randy

    January 01, 2021 at 2:07 pm

    Spot rates for FEU (Forty-foot Equivalent Unit) are over $3000USD now. Up over 20% in a year

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