# Boston Herald - Boston news, sports, politics, opinion, entertainment, weather and obituaries - The spread between short and long-term ocean freight rates has soared, leaving the market in a standoff

> The spread between short-term and long-term ocean freight rates has widened sharply. Carriers and customers are refusing to concede, so rates remain volatile and unsettled.

- Date: 2019-03-06 · published 2019-03-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60001-boston-herald-boston-news-sports-politics-opinion-entertainment-weather-and
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

A standoff between short- and long-dated freight pricing makes booking costs harder to hedge for feed importers, though the direction of the price move is unclear.

## Read by commodity

- OCEANFRT: neutral

## Sources

- markets.bostonherald.com: http://markets.bostonherald.com/bostonherald/news/read/43980816/the_spread_between_short_and_long

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