Futures contracts were mostly up by 2-5% in the morning session, with just
33,474 contracts traded in half a day, compared to an average daily volume of
about 100,000 in October.
Regarding freight rate quotations, HMM increased its rates for early November
shipments from $4,100 to $4,300 per FEU, while OOCL reduced its rates from
$4,300-4,400 per FEU to $4,100-4,200 per FEU.
There were no new departures between October 29 and October 30 for updated
utilization data.