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Plan now to avoid rate rises, urges forwarding boss

Shipping costs could increase by as much as 10 or even 20% as a result of the new SECA low emission shipping area in North Europe, warns David Williams, managing director of Rhenus UK (pictured). The forwarder is telling its customers that there will be an “unavoidable increase in sea freight costs over the next few months“ and is urging them to discuss their long-term export and import patterns now ... [+]