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Shipping Rates Jump 2x Year over Year to Most of America
- araes 2y agoLooking at financial markets and noticed shipping container rates were soaring. CNBC had some of the best coverage with interviews. Others: https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3265305/shipping-container-rates-china-jump-2-year-high-panic-sets-amid-us-tariff-threat-red-sea-disruptions https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3265305... https://www.xeneta.com/blog/what-is-behind-the-sudden-and-dramatic-increases-in-ocean-freight-container-shipping-rates https://www.xeneta.com/blog/what-is-behind-the-sudden-and-dr... https://www.statista.com/statistics/1440707/global-container-freight-index/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1440707/global-container... Relevance - almost everything in tech is made overseas and shipping rates affect the viability of many startups based on manufacturing. Might be heading back to the automobile microprocessor delivery gridlock and/or similar.