AMMAN — During the past two months,
freight prices and shipping costs in general declined due to global economic
conditions, Al-Mamlaka TV reported.
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It quoted
Nabil Al-Khatib, head of the Jordan
Logistics Association, as saying that a drop in shipping demand and crude oil
price stability contributed to the decline in freight rates.
Shipping costs for containers entering Jordan from
Europe and the US largely remained unchanged, he said. But the price of
shipping containers from China is continuously fluctuating.
Freight charges for a 6m container from Jeddah,
Saudi Arabia, to the port of Aqaba for the current month is $700, and $3,200
from Montreal, Canada.
Freight charges for a 12m container sent from Jeddah
in the same period is $800, and $3,900 from Houston, Texas in the US.
A 20-foot container shipped from China costs $2,500,
while the rate goes up to $3,000 for a 40-foot container using the same route.
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