'Another painful headache for shippers' as Asia-N Europe rate rally ends
It seems the recent container freight spot rate rally on the Asia-North Europe trade might ...
CHRW: NEW HIGHS AND PAYOUT CONFIRMEDBA: GREEN LIGHTMAERSK: ONE UPGRADE AFTER ANOTHER FDX: STEADY YIELDCAT: DOWNSIDE RISKMAERSK: SOARINGMAERSK: CONGESTION RISK MAERSK: 'ACCELERATION OF GLOBALISATION' MAERSK: GEMINI NETWORK FLEXIBILITYMAERSK: SPOT RATES DIRECTION MAERSK: 'MORE DIVERSIFIED PORTFOLIO IN LOGISTICS NEEDED' MMAERSK: CASH DEPLOYMENTMAERSK: SPOT RATES MAERSK: REBALANCING OF GLOBAL TRADE MAERSK: UNIT COST BENEFITS QUESTIONED MAERSK: UNIT COSTS MAERSK: GEMINI-RELATED SAVINGSMAERSK: QUESTION TIME
CHRW: NEW HIGHS AND PAYOUT CONFIRMEDBA: GREEN LIGHTMAERSK: ONE UPGRADE AFTER ANOTHER FDX: STEADY YIELDCAT: DOWNSIDE RISKMAERSK: SOARINGMAERSK: CONGESTION RISK MAERSK: 'ACCELERATION OF GLOBALISATION' MAERSK: GEMINI NETWORK FLEXIBILITYMAERSK: SPOT RATES DIRECTION MAERSK: 'MORE DIVERSIFIED PORTFOLIO IN LOGISTICS NEEDED' MMAERSK: CASH DEPLOYMENTMAERSK: SPOT RATES MAERSK: REBALANCING OF GLOBAL TRADE MAERSK: UNIT COST BENEFITS QUESTIONED MAERSK: UNIT COSTS MAERSK: GEMINI-RELATED SAVINGSMAERSK: QUESTION TIME
This short piece, from the point of view of a transport buyer, will not necessarily make happy reading for carriers. It suggests that uncompetitive rates or poor service should lead to a change of carrier. But as carriers know, if customers want good service, they will probably need to pay a little more for it.
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