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Comment / Red Sea risk: how much of nuisance are rate hikes really for shippers?

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This has once more raised a familiar question that has vexed logistics executives for a number of years – what is the actual price sensitivity of goods in relation to container freight rates?

Faux or not…

Shippers may cry foul and express outrage – faux or not – at climbing freight rates, particularly when they soar, but containers remain a remarkably cheap way to move stuff around the world.

A recent Bernstein note on the impact of the Red Sea crisis on European ...

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