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Custom Quarterly Reports
November 2018
Comprehensive freight rate package
How do your contract container freight rates compare with your peers and the wider market?
Drewry’s Benchmarking Club provides members with the opportunity to confidentially benchmark their contract shipping costs against their peers – based on genuine, shipper-only, buy rate comparisons.
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An introduction to Drewry Benchmarking Club
Why Benchmarking Club?
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Reliability and transparency through analysis of actual shipper buying rates
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No dilution with carrier / freight forwarder rates
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Millions of data points
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Access to rate forecasts and indices for major trade routes
Why Drewry?
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50 years experience in ocean freight intelligence and benchmarking
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Access a wealth of market intelligence
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True buying rates comparisons and transparency of shipper-only membership
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Easy to combine with other Drewry products and services
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Container Forecaster (CF)
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Airfreight Benchmarks (SASI)
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Reefer Benchmarks (R-BMC)
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Quarterly Reports, individually tailored to your routes
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- Membership is exclusive to shippers - importers and exporters only (not freight forwarders, carriers or NVOCCs)
- Participants benefit from access to container contract rates, spot market rates, unique freight rate forecasts, indices, comprehensive market assessments and industry best practice information
- Each member receives customised quarterly reports
- Further information about the club and its membership profile contact us
- Exclusive Reefer Benchmarking Club now open (Sept 2017). Contact us for more information.
News
14 Jan 2019
Battle for the supply chain to aide container supply-demand balance
A shift in carrier focus away from ordering ever larger ships towards securing more of the global supply chain is expected to help improve the supply-demand balance of the container market over the next five years, according to Drewry’s latest Container Forecaster.
19 Dec 2018
East-West air freight rates highest of last 4 peak seasons
Air freight rates on major East-West routes hit a 4-year high in November, according to the results of Drewry’s East-West Air Freight Rate Index.
17 Dec 2018
East-West contract rates help reduce shippers’ costs
Ocean freight rates for cargoes moving under contracts on major East-West routes decreased by 7% in the fourth quarter, according to the results of Drewry’s Benchmarking Club Contract Index.
22 Nov 2018
Ship operating costs reach inflection point as inflation returns
Average vessel operating costs rose modestly for the second year in succession following two years of marked declines, according to Drewry’s latest Ship Operating Costs Annual Review and Forecast.
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29 Jan 2019
Ship Operating Costs Trends Briefing
Join us at 0900 GMT or 1600 GMT on Tues, 29 January 2019 for an online briefing on the key trends and outlook in ship operating costs. The webinar presentation will analyse recent trends and outlook in the main expenditure elements of vessel operating costs, covering 46 different ship types and sizes across all the main cargo shipping markets, as well as several niche segments such as multipurpose and car carriers. The session will be hosted by Martin Dixon, Director of Research Products and L
Webinars
05 Feb 2019
Container Freight Rate Outlook Webinar
Join us for a FREE Drewry online briefing at 0900 or 1600 GMT on Tuesday 5 February 2019 on the outlook for container shipping freight rates. Hosted by Simon Heaney, Senior Manager, Container Research and Martin Dixon, Head of Research Products.
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05 Mar 2019
10th Chemical & Product Tanker Conference
Hugo Finlay to provide in-depth analysis of the chemical and product tanker market fundamentals.
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