date:Apr 07, 2013
Indian seafood exporters are upset over a unilateral increase in reefer container freight rates by shipping lines, saying that the lines have imposed an across-the-board hike of $1,500 a container, regardless of its size and/or destination.
The Seafood Exporters Association of India said exporters may notbe able to pass on the higher freight bill to the buyers. Theassociation had taken up the issue at the Board of Trade Meetingconvened by the Commerce Ministry in New Delhi on March 22 wherethe