Container spot freight rates on the main east-west trades saw another week of declines, although, in contrast to most of January and February, the falls this week were led by the Asia-North America trades.
Whereas the weekly falls in spot freight rates so far this year have largely taken place on the Asia-North Europe and Asia-Mediterranean routes, this week saw the steepest declines occur ex-Asia, to the US west and east …
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