Drewry World Container Index

Ocean container rates are surging after the tariff ceasefire stoked demand from China to the United States. 

The latest Drewry World Container Index finds ocean container rates down from pandemic highs but still above pre-pandemic levels.

Spot rates are back above breakeven and Zim’s costs are falling.

After double-digit gains since June, trans-Pacific spot rates have just surpassed contract rates, according to Xeneta data.

Trans-Pacific spot rates have pared earlier gains and remain at loss-making levels. Demand has yet to rebound.

The Europe-U.S. trade held up a lot longer than the Asia-U.S. trade, but trans-Atlantic premiums are now fading away.

Container lines are unable to prop up rates because they haven’t culled enough capacity to compensate for weak demand.

The reversion in spot rates is pulling down contract rates, with a significantly delayed effect on ocean carrier earnings.

Trans-Pacific spot rates fell first. Trans-Atlantic spot rates and Asia-U.S. contract rates look like they’re next in line.

Spot shipping rates continue their historic slide, putting even more pressure on container lines’ contract business.

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Container shipping spot rates continue to ease but are still many times higher than they were pre-pandemic.

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BIMCO says there are “several indications” that goods are being shipped from the Far East to Europe and then transshipped to the U.S. East Coast to avoid tariffs.