Asia-Europe freight rates head back towards 2008 levels
Janet Porter and Marcus Hand - Monday 7 December 2009

FREIGHT rates in the Asia-Europe container trades are heading back towards 2008 levels as cargo volumes pick up after the worst slump ever experienced.
Having taken a battering for much of the past year as demand collapsed, market conditions appear to be stabilising with latest European Liner Affairs Association data showing some pockets of positiv...


