Rates to the US West Coast are slipping quickly as the window for holiday season
shipments have closed even for the express e-commerce focused services, with the
SCFI spot rates dropping by 4.1% last week.
But rates to the East Coast are on firmer ground, with carriers pushing ahead
with Panama Canal Surcharges that will kick in from December, with all of the
FE-USEC services through the Panama Canal to compete for limited neo-panamax
transit slots from January.
SCFI spot rates to Europe have