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Trans-Pacific container rates remain elevated even as the shipping peak season ends and demand shows signs of softening, with carriers pushing for further rate increases in November.

Despite slowing shipping demand, container freight rates on Asia-Europe and trans-Pacific routes are rising due to port congestion and blank sailings.

Carriers are pushing freight rates higher even as their return to Suez routings, despite Middle East security risks, promises to add capacity, leaving the ocean shipping market shaped by competing forces.