Pandemic drives sea freight prices to record high

Container shipping prices have reached record highs about 18 months after the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic that disrupted maritime logistics chains and drove demand sky-high. “We are basically running out of vessels and of empty containers,” Alan Murphy, head of the consultancy Sea Intelligence, told AFP. “There’s been a massive shortage of empty containers, …

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