Tag: exporters
For exporters, container shipping still far from pre-COVID ‘normal’
Container rates for U.S. imports have normalized. Rates for America’s exports have not. Both spot and contract rates for U.S. exports are still up double digits from pre-COVID levels. And rates are not the biggest cost issue exporters face, according to Peter Friedmann, executive director of the Agriculture Transportation Coalition. He told FreightWaves that sailing…