Intra-Asia freight rates from China are soaring as forwarders discover “it’s not just Maersk” giving them the cold shoulder. One forwarder in Shanghai told The Loadstar that 90% of container vessels departing China’s ports were delayed – bottlenecks in destination markets the main culprit. He added: “After a period of soft rates for...
Having succeeded in aggressively raising container spot rates during the pandemic, ocean carriers are now laying the foundations for a substantial uplift in annual contract rates. Shippers and carriers traditionally start negotiations for the Asia-Europe trade in October and November, and for Asia to the US in February and March. Maersk, for example,...
