The future of some feeder services in North Europe is under threat from the pincer movement of sky-high charter hire rates and escalating port delays.
Feeder operators are paying at least double the daily hire rate of a year ago for the same ships and, at the same time, losing their traditional modus operandi, which is based on flexibility, by being obliged to commit to charters of two years or more …

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Source: The Loadstar