May 25, 2022 - It is estimated that containerized export will increase by 2-3% in 2022. In 2022, the global fleet will be expanded by many units. In 2020, the fleet increased by 3%, in 2021 – 4.3%, and in 2022 it is expected to increase by 4.5%. However, ...

While port-side congestion at USWC ... at major rail depots. Currently, freight rates from Shanghai to Los Angeles are USD 3,500/ FEU....

“Challenges of securing ocean capacity amid current logjams and prospects of hugely inflated ocean freight costs in 2022 are forcing logistics buyers to consider radical options,” he says. According to Damas, freight rates will not normalize until the systemic market disruptions in container shipping, caused by the pandemic, are reduce significantly.

August 27, 2024 - Typical seasonality of the market indicated that dry freight rates would peak again in the third quarter of 2022 as can be seen in the FFA assessment at the end of May 2022; however, our fundamental analysis and forecast of the previous FRF ...

Though not likely, any port capacity restrictions in China in excess of lockdown-related production limitations could be positive for container freight rates. We expect demand growth for oil tankers in 2023 to be similar to 2022 with this segment having more solid prospects than others in the sector.

January 3, 2022 - Volumes will pick up once again after China resumes work, with U.S. importers seeking to restock depleted inventories during the spring, after which the 2022 peak season will keep rates elevated into Q4 2022.

Word Container Index decreased ... from January 20, 2022 to February 3, 2022. From $9377 to $9698. Shanghai to Los Angeles route freight rate dropped 5.6% from January 20, 2022 to February 3, 2022....

Transport Intelligence (Ti) is one of the world’s leading providers of logistics & supply chain market research

July 8, 2024 - Despite a decline in profit margins from the peak in early 2022, shipping companies have used their prior profits to expand their capacity, ordering new containers and ships, which are expected to be delivered in the coming years.

February 28, 2026 - Hirata and Matsuda (2022) compared the long-short-term memory (LSTM) and seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average (SARIMA) techniques for forecasting the composite and route-based Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI). LSTM possesses superior efficacy (Shoorkand et al., 2024). Innovative studies also predict container freight rates using machine learning and natural language technology (Saeed et al., 2023).

March 23, 2026 - Use this period to benchmark your current rates against the market (Xeneta, Drewry, Freightos Baltic Index) and aggressively renegotiate your capacity allocations. The second half of 2026 will be marked by the enforcement of new environmental regulations. Carriers will begin building IMO 2026 surcharges into their pricing. Locking in long-term contracts before September 2026 can save you hundreds of dollars per container on impacted routes — making proactive contract timing a key profit lever this year.

We assume container freight rates will also face correction and decline by 20-30% to average about $6,000-7,000 per box (FEU) in the second half of 2022 from average about $9,000-10,000 per box (FEU) over the same period last year.

May 6, 2025 - Ocean freight rates are key drivers of supply chain costs, global inflation, trade and economic growth, and their volatile nature, particularly manifest during supply chain disruptions, causes significant supply chain and economic turbulence. This study presents a parameterized system dynamics model to predict the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI), incorporating both linear and nonlinear interrelationships among transport supply, demand, market sentiment, and freight rates.

December 1, 2022 - For those shipping companies in the Top 10 which end their financial year on 31 December, 2022, profits should be double those of 2021, thanks to a particularly strong first half.

March 4, 2026 - The ACT North America Freight Forecast provides unmatched visibility into rate and volume expectations across truckload, LTL, and intermodal, equipping transportation teams, shippers, carriers, brokers, and financial stakeholders with the clarity to plan ahead — in any environment.

Average spot rates on trades from the Far East to the US East Coast and US West Coast are even closer to their pandemic peaks in early 2022 at 72% and 79% respectively.

August 6, 2025 - If carriers do not lower offered capacity from the current level of 337 000 TEU, then there is every chance average spot rates will fall to pre-Red Sea crisis levels given ocean container shipping demand is likely to remain subdued for the remainder ...

The Drewry World Container Index (WCI), the benchmark widely referenced by procurement teams, increased 3% to $3,549 per 40ft container due to rate increases on the Transpacific and Asia–Europe trade routes.

October 10, 2023 - This decline has posed challenges ... for cargo transportation from Asia to the United States and Europe have dropped by as much as 90% since early 2022. The largest container carriers have ......