Container rates ticked up in the latest week on the benchmark eastbound trans-Pacific from Asia to the United States, but the gains were too slight to offset prices 20%-30% lower than in November. Spot rates rose 7% or $140 per forty foot equivalent unit in a short-term rebound in pricing after a bottoming out in late November. But rates remain lower by 32%, or $950 per FEU, according to an update from analysts Xeneta and eeSea, from early November as the market adjusts to earlier capacity and demand shi ...