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Ocean freight issues adding to squeeze on air cargo capacity 
 
Shortages of containers and capacity for ex-China exports plus vessel schedule disruption are continuing to drive modal shift to air, adding to a squeeze on air freight capacity already stretched by buoyant demand. 
 
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Record Asia-Europe ocean freight rates rise further 
 
As prices soar to multiple times their normal level, further hikes are expected later this month, with equipment shortages, port delays and lack of capacity set to continue right up to lunar new year in mid-February
 
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China to tighten inspection on box shipping carriers’ pricing practices 
 
China’s Ministry of Transport has defended carriers’ reasoning when responding to a shipper’s complaint about skyrocketing container shipping costs, but has said it will tighten its scrutiny on carriers’ pricing practices. 
 
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Asia-Europe container freight spot rates hit new highs 
 
Container spot freight rates from Asia to northern Europe have broken the $2,000 per teu level for the first time in a decade after rising by more than a quarter this week. 
 
The Shanghai Containerised Freight Index reported rates of $2,091 per teu on the Asia-northern Europe trade. The last time rates were this high was during the “dead cat bounce” that followed the global financial crisis, when rates topped £2,100 per teu in May 2010. 
 
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