Spot market rates on the major east-west trade continues to rise in the run up to the Lunar New Year in advance of a sweeping set of rate increases scheduled for early February, mostly on the trans-Pacific. As reported in the Journal of Commerce: https://www.joc.com/maritime-news/east-west-rates-rise-ahead-peak-lunar-new-year-shipping-period_20180112.html

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