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World Container Index - 9 Jul
Drewry’s composite World Container index inched down 0.4% after reaching a 5-year high to $2,023.20 per 40ft container this week (updated Thursday, 9 July 2020).
Two-year spot freight rate trend for the World Container Index:
World Container Index Assessed by Drewry
Our detailed assessment for Thursday, 9 July 2020
View our more detailed weekly analysis, including our freight rate assessment on eight major East-West trades
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IMO 2020 BAF Tracker: We’ve introduced a simple, clear indexing mechanism to help determine changes in the BAF charges during the lifetime of a contract.
Low Sulphur Bunker Price Index
Global Port Throughput: Every month we publish global Port Throughput Indices - a series of volume growth/decline indices based on monthly throughput data for a sample of over 220 ports worldwide.
Drewry Port Throughput Index
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30 Jun 2020
CLECAT joins Drewry-ESC transparent tool for bunker charges
European forwarders’ association joins industry initiative on a fair, neutral bunker adjustment factor indexing mechanism for shippers, forwarders and shipping lines.
24 Jun 2020
CLECAT and Drewry to collaborate in forwarder freight rate benchmarking
CLECAT has entered into a collaborative agreement with Drewry to raise awareness of Drewry’s Forwarder Benchmarking Club amongst its freight forwarder membership.
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Market entry strategy for digital 'procure-to-pay' solution
Mastercard wanted to evaluate the readiness of the container freight industry to adopt a value proposition for procure-to-pay automation that would incorporate core Mastercard benefits such as payment guarantees.
e-sourcing global ocean tender management solution: e-SOFS
Drewry Supply Chain Advisors was selected to manage the 2016 global ocean tender for a US-headquartered global producer of technology products combining procurement best practices, the latest technology and freight cost benchmarks in Drewry’s e-Sourcing Ocean Freight Solution (eSOFS).
The first company to provide detailed and regular slow-steaming analysis for the container industry (Container Forecaster)
The first independent consultancy to publish liner schedule reliability rankings in 2005
Access to an exclusive ocean freight cost benchmarking club comparing costs on over 2 million teu of freight for more than $2.3bn of freight spend.
We were the first to publish benchmark container spot market freight rates in 2006.
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Keep up to date with the movements of container spot market freight rates with our popular Container Freight Rate Insight service.Benchmark contract rates
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Container Freight Rate Insight (Annual Subscription)
Online Service · Latest release 30 Jun 2020
The world’s first and only global source of container spot market freight rates on all the major routes. An essential reference for importers, exporters, freight forwarders and other industry stakeholders requiring up-to-date and independently researched container shipping cost benchmarks.
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Drewry Benchmarking Club
Customised Real Time Benchmarking · Latest release 01 Jul 2020
How do your container shipping costs compare with your peers...? Our Benchmarking Club allows participating members to confidentially benchmark their contract shipping costs against their peers based on genuine, shipper-only, buy rate comparisons. Combine benchmarks and market intelligence with unique rate forecasts to maximise your procurement results.
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