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"Thismarketislookinglikeadisasterandtheratesarea
reflectionofthat,"warnsoneoftheworld'slargestshipbrokers,
butwhileTheBalticDryFreightIndexgetsalltheheadlines
havingcollapsedtoalltimerecordlowsthisweekitisthe
speficsbelowthatheadlinethataretrulyterrifying.Atatimeof
typicalseasonalstrengthforfreightandthusglobaltradearound
theworld,Reutersreportsthatspotratesfortransporting
containersfromAsiatoNorthernEuropehavecrasheda
stunning70%inthelast3weeksalone.Thisalmost
unprecedenteddivergencefromseasonalityhasonlyoccurredat
thisscaleoncebefore...2008!"Itislookingscaryforthe
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Shippingfreightratesfortransporting
containersfromportsinAsiatoNorthern
Europeplungedby27.9percentto$295per20
footcontainer(TEU)intheweekendingon
Friday,onesourcewithaccesstodatafromthe
ShanghaiContainerizedFreightIndextoldReuters.

Thedropcameafterspotfreightratesontheworlds
busiestroutedropped39.3percentlastweek,and
thecurrentratesarewidelyseenaslossmaking
levelsforcontainershippingcompanies.

Thespotfreightratesfortransporting
containers,carryinganythingfromflatscreen
TVstosportswearfromAsiatoNorthern
Europe,hasfallen70percentinthreeweeks.

IntheweektoFriday,containerfreightratesfell
22.5percentfromAsiatoportsintheMediterranean,
dropped8.6percenttoportsontheU.S.WestCoast
andweredown8.0percenttoportsontheU.S.East
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