Peak shipping season for air cargo heats up to full boil

A white cargo jumbo jet with empty pallets on the ground on sunny day. The side of the plane says Cargolux.

The peak of the peak season is in full swing for international airfreight. For buyers, that means higher costs and delays finding available slots for air and ocean shipments, while transportation and logistics providers reap bigger profits per load.

The Southeast Asia and China export markets are especially hot and could boil into December. Spot rates out of China to North America started climbing again early this month as air capacity tightened and are approaching $6 per kilogram, according to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/peak-shipping-season-for-air-cargo-heats-up-to-full-boil

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