TOKYO/BANGKOK -- Air and sea cargo fares have surged due to the coronavirus pandemic, with airfreight prices from Shanghai to U.S. and Europe quadrupling since the outbreak started.
Rates from Shanghai four times higher due to lower capacity

Workers unload a cargo plane full of medical equipment that had been flown in from China at the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport in Finland on April 15. © Reuters
TOKYO/BANGKOK -- Air and sea cargo fares have surged due to the coronavirus pandemic, with airfreight prices from Shanghai to U.S. and Europe quadrupling since the outbreak started.