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Indexed for Stability

Peter T. Leach | Dec 26, 2011 5:00AM GMT
The Journal of Commerce Magazine - News Story
A growing field of shippers and carriers believes the future of rate stability will come in market pricing measures

When demand for shipping space plunged during the 2009 recession and freight rates collapsed, many shippers who were still moving goods tore up their fixed-rate annual contracts and demanded lower prices


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