Gelonghui, April 22 | According to CCTV Finance, the shipping market has obvious characteristics of a low peak season, and the increase in freight rates generally accompanies the peak shipping season. Recently, the industry has set off a “wave of price increases” during the off-season. Leading shipping companies such as Maersk, Dafei, and Hapag-Lloyd have issued price increase letters one after another. For some routes, the increase was close to 70%. For a 40-foot container, the maximum increase in freight rates reached 2,000 US dollars. According to reports, the scope of this round of price adjustments mainly focuses on the US, South America, Red Sea, etc.