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09/09/2024

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The turn in spot rates continues with Drewry’s World Container Index (WCI) suffering the largest drop in seven weeks, as disclosed last Thursday, followed by other indexes.

Meanwhile, CTS July numbers still show decent volume growth over 2023 figures, however. And ship sizes are likely to get another bump, with a design for 27.5k teu out ...

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