- An ongoing surge in the cost of shipping goods around the world is prompting manufacturers and their customers to scramble for cheaper solutions.
- Exporters, importers and their agents consider buying their own shipping containers and chartering vessels to avoid the sky-high costs and delays of existing services.
- Most of the 25 million containers in global use are owned or leased by about a dozen ocean carriers including A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S and China’s Cosco Shipping Holdings Co.
A recent...
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