US transatlantic eastbound rates rise on more traffic

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HOUSTON (ICIS)--Transatlantic eastbound chemical freight rates rose for the second time in a month on increasing traffic from the US, Mexico and South America to Europe, brokers said on Friday. Brokers reported 13 new shipments on the trade lane, carrying a wide assortment of chemicals – aromatics, ethanol, methanol, phenol and lubes – with eight of the cargoes headed from the US Gulf to the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp port complex.