The reason for this is that it's too expensive for a country to ship empty containers back to the their origin – in most cases, it's just cheaper to buy new containers from Asia. The result is an extremely high surplus of empty shipping ...
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NOL gains most as oil prices fall, US orders rise
(HONG KONG) Neptune Orient Lines Ltd (NOL), South-east Asia's largest container shipping company, gained the most in three weeks in Singapore trading as falling oil prices and a rise in US durable goods orders spurred optimism about ...
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Expanding DeltaPort & What The Experts Are Saying
By NicS
shipping a standard 40-foot container from Shanghai to the US eastern seaboard now costs $8000. In 2000, when oil prices were $20 per barrel, it cost only $3000 to ship the same container. But at $200 per barrel, it will ...
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