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Rates collapse as Chinese New Year sees demand crash

Port of Shanghai. Image: why2husky / Shutterstock
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  • Posted by Dale Crisp
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  • 3 February, 2026

CARRIERS appear to have been taken by surprise as poor demand in the China-Australia trade sees rates shrink and jostling for scarce cargo and market share ramp up.

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Rates collapse as Chinese New Year sees demand crash
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Posted by Dale Crisp

Dale Crisp is a contributing editor at DCN and a distinguished maritime journalist and commentator with a career spanning over three decades

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