Freightos Baltic Index

The Freightos Baltic Index (FBX) is the world’s leading—and most accurate—index of market rates for 40′ containers.

Disparities between container index prices wider than ever after big course correction by Freightos.

The Freightos Baltic Index (FBX) is the world’s leading—and most accurate—index of market rates for 40′ containers.

Ocean carriers could make up for two decades’ worth of losses in a single year as demand overwhelms vessel supply.

Spot pricing has surged even higher, propelled by carrier rate hikes and China congestion fallout.

Shippers are desperately trying to find a way to get their freight into the U.S. The peak impacts to surface transportation may be in the future.

Container spot rates spiked again, with new records set. For importers, the worst is yet to come.

The situation for importers is getting even more dire. Already extreme container rates are ascending to even higher peaks.

Importers are scrambling as demand sails past ocean transport supply. The numbers paint an ominous picture for cargo shippers.

Container shipping spot rates haven’t budged from COVID-fueled peaks. Cargo shippers’ hopes for a rate pullback are fading.

It’s not just small and midsized importers that face massive contract rate hikes. Even the biggest shippers will feel the pain.

The Freightos Baltic Index (FBX) is the world’s leading—and most accurate—index of market rates for 40′ containers.

The Freightos Baltic Index (FBX) is the world’s leading—and most accurate—index of market rates for 40′ containers.

Container lines score huge negotiating advantage as spot-rate surge set to persist through annual contract season.

The Freightos Baltic Index (FBX) is the world’s leading—and most accurate—index of market rates for 40′ containers.

The Freightos Baltic Index (FBX) is the world’s leading—and most accurate—index of market rates for 40′ containers.

The Freightos Baltic Index (FBX) is the world’s leading—and most accurate—index of market rates for 40′ containers.

Trans-Pacific spot index rates haven’t budged from the same peak band for the past 10 weeks. How is this possible in a competitive free market?

A comparison of U.S. annual inflation rates to Freightos daily shipping rates over the course of two years

There will be no letup in booming container imports in 2020. The only question now is how long it lasts into 2021.