CSAV carries record volume in December
CSAV said it carried a record 294,500 TEUs in December 2010, compared with 191,000 TEUs in December 2009.
The Chilean carrier said, however, that freight rates fell for the third month in a row. Using an index that pegged average freight rates in 2008 at 2,000 points, the carrier said the index in December 2010 was at 1,744, down from 2,025 in September 2010, but up from about 1,553 in December 2009.
CSAV carries record volume in December