Shipping backlog fuels NWE barge freight rates

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Higher barge freight rates aret starting to emerge in northwest Europe's Amsterdam/Rotterdam/Antwerp region due to shipping queues into the key products hub,traders said Friday.Cross Rotterdam-Antwerp,typically costs Eurl-7/rnt,and current leveis are closer to Euro 2.3/mt,a trading source said Friday,"on short trips rates are up 40-50%,"a barge trader said.