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Global Shippers Surf Demand Wave Bound for Covid Economy Fog
- ‘There’s not an idle ship available,’ Flexport executive says
- Consumer demand, industry consolidation buoy freight rates
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The world’s major shipping companies, riding an unprecedented wave of demand for everything from housewares to medicine, are finding the record for the largest load of containers hard to hold onto this year.