Opinion: Cost of shipping may be approaching a tipping point
Shipping containers are stacked in the Port of New York and New Jersey in Elizabeth, N.J., Thursday, May 20, 2021. (Seth Wenig/AP)
Gene Key
Gene Key is Ocean Freight Pricing manager for Dunavant, a Memphis-based global logistics firm. Key serves as the lead pricing liaison to sales and business development teams around the world on behalf of Dunavant’s ocean pricing shared service.
Until importers can no longer pay the astronomical rates of our industry, rates will unfortunately continue to rise.
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