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Shanghai Containerized Freight Index

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Box carriers’ September GRI bid fails as freight rates plunge further

September proved to be a “terrible” month for the container shipping industry, according to a recent analysis by Freight Investor Services (FIS). Rates fell…
  • October 7, 2015
  • 3 minute read

Cards stacked against attempts at freight rate hikes, says report

Shipping lines face a big struggle against strong headwinds ahead as their efforts to raise freight rates will continue to be rebuffed, according to…
  • May 25, 2015
  • 2 minute read

Hong Kong shippers forecast bleak global market in Q4

Hong Kong shippers see a bleak global container shipping market in the last few months of 2011, as rates fell about 50 percent in…
  • October 5, 2011
  • 1 minute read