Freight Costs

India’s purchases of Russian coal have spiked in recent weeks despite global sanctions on Moscow, as traders offer discounts of up to 30 per cent, according to two trade sources and data reviewed by Reuters. Russia, facing severe Western…

NEW DELHI : The sudden surge in container rates and insurance costs following the Russian invasion of Ukraine is expected to drive up freight costs across the world, industry executives and trade associations…

Analysts have taken stock of the reporting season, finding only one-third were game enough to provide guidance.Analysts have taken stock of the annual reporting season results, reshuffling their assessments of some big companies and finding…

Aussies still largely stuck at home keep sprucing up their nests, delivering bedlinen giant Adairs a record full-year profit and clearing its debt.Bedlinen retailer Adairs has notched up record full-year results, driven by the well-observed…

The most devastating frost in decades in top coffee producer Brazil and record freight costs sparked by COVID-19 causing massive shipping logjams are expected to push retail prices to multi-year highs in the coming weeks. A hike…