There are signs that commodity demand from China has begun to slow down and shipping freight rates have started to fall.

有迹象表明，来自中国的商品需求已开始放缓，航运运费亦已开始下降。

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The system mainly contains colligation shipping freight index, colligation fleet capacity index, shipping cost index, climate sub-index, shipping industry entrepreneur expectation index.

综合运价指数、综合运力指数、航运成本指数、航运企业景气指数、航运企业家信心指数。

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Improvements in road construction and sailing had occurred, but shipping heavy freight over land remained expensive, even with the use of rivers and canals wherever possible.

道路设施以及航海技术都有所改进，但是即使在可以利用河流和运河的地方，船运重型货物到陆地的费用仍然很高。

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The large shipping, freight, and logistics company warned of a soft patch in the U.S. and internationally, but still reiterated it was on track hit or beat prior peak EPS this year.

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FedEx will raise its U.S. freight-shipping costs by 6.9% starting early next month.

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