
Freight rates rise again
After a difficult year, container freight rates from China to Europe have risen again in recent days, online magazine TrasportoEuropa reported, citing the index compiled by Drewry.

Two companies out of three do not find the figures they are looking for
Confindustria confirms in a recent survey what companies in the rubber-plastics sector already know, often because they have experienced it themselves: two out of three companies are unable to find th ...

Container Freight rates rise again
As reported by the online magazine TrasportoEuropa, citing the findings of the World Container Index, in the last week of October, average spot rates for container transport have changed sign and, aft ...

German plastics in trouble
Due to the stagnation affecting German industry, in two years - from 2021 to 2023 - plastics production in Germany has plummeted by -17% and processing by -8.5%.