Carriers struggle with contract volume as spot market plunges
As spot rates on China-USWC trade have fallen below contract prices, carriers are offering shippers ad hoc discounts to keep them to their agreements
The move underlines a reality that forming binding freight agreements remains a tall order for the still highly volatile container shipping industry, despite the touted pandemic-led structure shift that carriers had hoped would smooth out their earnings curve
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