<story><title>Ocean shipping rates have plunged 60% this year</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/ocean-shipping-rates-have-plunged-60-this-year-11662375780</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>greenyoda</author><text>Archive with full text of article: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;archive.ph&amp;#x2F;wlCqS&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;archive.ph&amp;#x2F;wlCqS&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Ocean shipping rates have plunged 60% this year</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/ocean-shipping-rates-have-plunged-60-this-year-11662375780</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>xnx</author><text>From &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.statista.com&amp;#x2F;statistics&amp;#x2F;1250636&amp;#x2F;global-container-freight-index&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.statista.com&amp;#x2F;statistics&amp;#x2F;1250636&amp;#x2F;global-container...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Costs peaked at 5x the pre-pandemic value, and are now down to 3x the pre-pandemic value.</text></comment>