Rates increase between 1.7pc and 7.2pc ahead of Chinese New Year shutdown
SHIPPING lines on the major trade lanes last week enjoyed rising rates
that showed through in the Shanghai Containerised Freight Index's (SCFI)
975.31 points, up 2.9 per cent from the previous week. Monday, 09.Jan.2012, 01:12 (GMT+3)
lines on the major trade lanes last week enjoyed rising rates
that showed through in the Shanghai Containerised Freight Index's (SCFI)
975.31 points, up 2.9 per cent from the previous week.
Asia-Europe rates rose 4.1 per cent to their highest level since late
September at US$730 per TEU. Asia-Mediterranean rates increased 5.6 per
cent to $754 per TEU.
On the transpacific trade Asia-US west coast rates saw the biggest
upswing, rising 7.2 per cent or $121 from the previous week to $1,813
per FEU. Rates to the US east coast rose 1.7 per cent to $2,952 per FEU.