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World Container Index - 21 Mar
The World Container Index assessed by Drewry, a composite of container freight rates on 8 major routes to/from the US, Europe and Asia is down 2.2% to $1,293.17 per 40ft container (updated Thursday, 21 March 2019).
Two-year spot freight rate trend for the World Container Index:
World Container Index assessed by Drewry
Our detailed assessment for Thursday, 21 March 2019
View our more detailed weekly analysis, including our freight rate assessment on eight major East-West trades
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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
Recent News
13 Mar 2019
Drewry adds benchmarks on contract BAFs to its Benchmarking Club service
Ahead of the IMO 2020 low sulphur regulatory change, Drewry has begun providing members of its Benchmarking Club service with quarterly benchmarks on contract Bunker Adjustment Factors (BAFs).
11 Mar 2019
Drewry Benchmarking Club welcomes new member, reaches milestone
Drewry Benchmarking Club welcomes one of the world’s leading automotive and energy companies to its exclusive, online ocean freight cost comparison service.
Recent Projects
Market entry strategy for digital 'procure-to-pay' solution
The client wanted to evaluate the readiness of the container freight industry to adopt a value proposition for procure-to-pay automation that incorporates 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
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We were the first to publish benchmark container spot market freight rates in 2006.
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Drewry Benchmarking Club
Customised Real Time Benchmarking · Latest release 01 Mar 2019
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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Container Freight Rate Insight (Annual Subscription)
Online Service · Latest release 05 Mar 2019
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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