Always higher.
Over the past week, sea freight prices have risen again: according to the index established by the Drewry consulting firm on the eight major routes of world trade, transporting a 40-foot container by sea today costs over $ 9,300.
Since the start of the health crisis, in spring 2020, prices have on average been multiplied by five.
On some journeys, inflation is even more marked.
To transport a container from Shanghai to Le Havre, distributors or manufacturers who do it at the last moment pay up to $ 17,000 against $ 2,000 before the crisis.
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In addition, shipowners are adding surcharges of several hundred dollars per container for obscure reasons.
And, as the ports are congested, they can decide at the last moment not to stop at Le Havre and to unload the goods in Antwerp
”, deplores Florent Noblet, general delegate of TLF (Union des entreprises transport et logistics
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