News / Transatlantic shippers get a taste of the Pacific as container rates rocket

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Shippers using the North Atlantic tradelanes are getting a taste of what their counterparts on the transpacific have been dealing with for some time.

Westbound pricing is rising sharply in response to a combination of robust demand and equipment shortages.

According to rate benchmarking platform Xeneta, spot ...