WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 234295 [post_author] => 21 [post_date] => 2020-11-09 15:38:24 [post_date_gmt] => 2020-11-09 15:38:24 [post_content] => By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) — The humble shipping container has a new status in the Covid-19 pandemic: hot commodity. Shortages of the ribbed steel boxes that have plied the global economy for a half-century are plaguing transpacific routes in particular. The dearth is boosting the purchase price of new containers and lease rates by 50%, […] [post_title] => Container Crunch Roiling Global Trade [post_excerpt] => By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) — The humble shipping container has a new status in the Covid-19 pandemic: hot commodity. Shortages of the ribbed steel boxes that have plied the global economy for a half-century are plaguing transpacific routes in ... [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => open [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => container-crunch-roiling-global-trade [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2020-11-09 15:38:24 [post_modified_gmt] => 2020-11-09 15:38:24 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://gcaptain.com/?p=144098 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => news [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )