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There is an interesting law of causality in liner shipping that while freight rates continue to bump along at loss-making levels on many trades, they are also making high-value premium shipping services increasingly attractive to many shippers.

Speaking at a recent press briefing, DHL Global Forwarding’s head of ocean freight in Europe Markus Pannhauser said: “The economic development in Europe is a bit slow right now but volumes are increasing due to restocking and inventories going back to more normal levels, ...