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What is the China Containerized Freight Index?

What is the China Containerized Freight Index? The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index is the most widely used index for sea freight rates for import China worldwide. This index has been calculated weekly since 2009 and shows the most current freight prices for container transport from the Chinese main ports, including Shanghai. What is Shanghai container […]

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What is the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index?

What is the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index? The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index is the most widely used index for sea freight rates for import China worldwide. This index has been calculated weekly since 2009 and shows the most current freight prices for container transport from the Chinese main ports, including Shanghai. How is Shanghai Containerized

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What is Drewry index?

What is Drewry index? 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. What is global container freight rate index? The World Container Index is

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Is the price of shipping containers coming down?

Is the price of shipping containers coming down? Since the start of the pandemic, the cost of shipping has increased significantly. In the past month, however, container shipping costs have fallen by about 12%, according to the Drewry World Container Index. Will container prices drop in 2022? According to their analysis, trans-Pacific container spot rates

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