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Ocean freight tenders and cost benchmarking solutions

Many of the world’s top brands trust us to benchmark their ocean freight costs, improve shipper-carrier relations and streamline their procurement processes.

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Working with 3 of the top 10 global retailers (National Retail Federation)

The first independent consultancy to publish liner schedule reliability rankings in 2005

Access to an exclusive oceanfreight cost benchmarking club comparing costs on over 14 million teu of freight.

The first to publish benchmark container spot market freight rates back in 2006.

Drewry Benchmarking Club

Confidential contract freight rate intelligence from the market leader in freight cost benchmarking

Exclusive to shippers, our Benchmarking Club allows participating members to confidentially compare their contract shipping costs against their peers based on genuine, shipper-only, buy-rate comparisons.

 

 

 



Membership features

  • Membership is exclusive to shippers (importers and exporters only - not freight forwarders, carriers or NVOCCs)
  • Access container contract and spot market rate insights, freight rate forecasts and comprehensive market assessments
  • Receive a detailed and fully customised report from our lead analyst every quarter
  • Confidentiality and participant anonymity assured
  • Dedicated online portal

Benefits of membership

Some of the benefits from being able to confidentially benchmark your contract freight rates against your peers:

  • Be confident with your negotiating position with prospective and existing carriers
  • Demonstrate to internal stakeholders current contract rates are competitive
  • Gain internal support and approval for transportation budgets
  • Enjoy numerous member privileges, including access to Drewry's Container Freight Rate Insight service as part of the package and container market outlook briefings and best practice forums

Key Contacts

Kelly Buckley

Kelly Buckley

Deputy Director, Ocean Procurement, Drewry Supply Chain Advisors
Cath Earl

Cath Earl

Senior Independent Advisor - Benchmarking and Seafreight Procurement

Related News

Drewry launches interactive version of Container Capacity Insight through Container Freight Portal

Drewry Supply Chain Advisors is pleased to announce that an interactive, online version of its Container Capacity Insight service is now available to subscribers via Drewry Container Freight Portal.

Drewry’s all-new Container Freight Portal combines ocean freight procurement and cost benchmarking intelligence in a powerful online platform

Drewry Supply Chain Advisors is pleased to announce the launch of Drewry Container Freight Portal, a powerful new ocean freight procurement and cost benchmarking resource combining all Drewry’s market-leading ocean freight cost comparison services and indexes in a single, cloud-based platform.

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Blue-chip manufacturers, retailers and forwarders participating in our Benchmarking Clubs (Dec 2022)

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The number of countries we have clients subscribing to our supply chain research products and services

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Leading industry press articles featuring our supply chain insights (monthly average Jul-Dec 2022)

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The number of port pairs for which we publish container spot market freight rates

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Container Freight Rate Insight (Annual Subscription)

Container Freight Rate Insight (Annual Subscription)


Online Service · Latest release 28 Mar 2025


CFRI was the first global source of container spot market freight rates on all the major routes and remains a trusted 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

Drewry Benchmarking Club


Customised Real Time Benchmarking · Latest release 01 Apr 2025


How do your container shipping costs compare with your peers...? Members of our Benchmarking Club can confidentially benchmark their contract shipping costs against their peers based on genuine, shipper-only, buy rate comparisons. Club members also have access to our spot rate service, Container Freight Rate Insight (CFRI).

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