Container freight rates are expected to remain at record levels, but the price shippers have to pay is varying wildly.

This is continued unwelcome news for the seafood industry, which is among many sectors struggling to deal with a shortage of shipping containers that has driven up freight costs massively for US and European importers.

One of the main problems for the smooth flow of global trade is that containers have become displaced around the world, far away from ports where they are needed, leaving many sectors struggling to deal with a shortage of shipping containers that has driven up freight costs massively for US and European importers.