Trade Strains Boost Cargo Rates at Pace Recalling Covid ‘Chaos’

  • Container rates on key routes have more than tripled this year
  • On top of capacity constraints come signs of stronger demand
A container ship at the Port of Felixstowe, UK.Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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Global goods trade is showing signs of accelerating Bloomberg Terminalafter last year’s slump, pushing up shipping rates and giving some supply-chain managers flashbacks to the demand spike that disrupted international commerce three years ago.