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Ocean Freight Rates News

SunPrairie Grain Morning CommentWednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 10:34AMMINOT - Jul 28/10 - SNS -- Following is the morning comment from SunPrairie Grain, a division of CHS.

TSR traffic on the increase againMonday, July 26, 2010 @ 5:09AMContainer traffic transiting the Trans-Siberian Railway Route (TSR) has started to grow again thanks to rising ocean freight rates between Asia and Europe.

Top End cattle prices 'polarised'Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 9:56PMTHE 350kg liveweight limit imposed six weeks ago by Indonesia on Australian live cattle exports has had a dramatic effect on cattle price dynamics across supply areas in northern Australia.

FACTBOX-Profiles of Bank of Japan policy board membersWednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 5:07PM(For more stories on the Japanese economy, click [ID:nECONJP ])

Stimulus package "accelerates peak season"Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 7:14AMPiers, the US trade database, said the second US economic stimulus package for first-time home buyers led to a 20 percent increase in imports from China in May, an 8.1 percent increase from April and an overall 12.2 percent year-to-date.

Trucking companies experience rise in businessWednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 6:28AMCHARLOTTE, N.C. — The phone rings at Atlantic Trucking Co. a couple hundred times a day lately, and terminal manager Lee Montgomery occasionally logs 12-hour shifts, taking orders and scanning rate quotes from his office off Sugar Creek Road.

Rise in trucking suggests start of economic recoveryWednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 3:56AMTransportation-related job postings up 73 percent over last year.

Rates stabilised between Asia and EuropeMonday, July 5, 2010 @ 3:54AMThe latest data revealed by ocean carriers through Container Trade Statistics shows that freight rates from Asia to Europe continued to be stable in the month of May, despite the numerous rate restoration and surcharge increases announced for the period.

U.S. Logistics Industry Poised for ReboundWednesday, June 9, 2010 @ 9:18AMAn annual benchmark report released today shows the continued impact of the economic slowdown on the U.S. logistics industry. The 21st Annual "State of Logistics Report®," released by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and presented by Penske Logistics, reveals that, continuing the decline reported in 2008, business logistics costs fell to 7.7 percent of U.S. Gross ...