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New price hikes may slow ocean spot rate slide – but for how long?

Transatlantic Headlines

News / Good start for Gemini, liner schedule reliability data reveals

News / 'More pronounced' demand slump drives container spot freight rate declines

News / US port call fees would force ACL to exit transatlantic trade, says CEO

News / Liners plan more rate hikes to halt renewed container spot rates decline

News / Asia-Europe FAK price hikes manage to halt 13-week rate decline

COMPANY NOTICES

News / US Chinese ship penalties will hit transatlantic trade hardest – Soren Toft

News / Price war as carriers compete for cargo driving down container spot rates

News / MSC revises Mediterranean-US east coast transatlantic network

News / UK needs closer EU ‘alignment’ to rebuild food supply chains

News / Carriers hope price hikes will hold as spot rates fall in CNY doldrums

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New price hikes may slow ocean spot rate slide – but for how long?

Transatlantic Headlines

News / Good start for Gemini, liner schedule reliability data reveals

News / 'More pronounced' demand slump drives container spot freight rate declines

News / US port call fees would force ACL to exit transatlantic trade, says CEO

News / Liners plan more rate hikes to halt renewed container spot rates decline

News / Asia-Europe FAK price hikes manage to halt 13-week rate decline

COMPANY NOTICES

News / US Chinese ship penalties will hit transatlantic trade hardest – Soren Toft

News / Price war as carriers compete for cargo driving down container spot rates

News / MSC revises Mediterranean-US east coast transatlantic network

News / UK needs closer EU ‘alignment’ to rebuild food supply chains

News / Carriers hope price hikes will hold as spot rates fall in CNY doldrums

Most read news

News / Spot vs contract gap widens as air shippers get wise to capacity limits

News / Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd shuffle port calls on transatlantic services

News / As CNY and slack season approach, the ocean price-cutting begins

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