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World Container Index: Drewry’s weekly assessment for January 2020

Jan 02, 2020

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 up by 15.1% to $1,832.23 per 40ft container (updated Thursday, 2 January 2020).

Two-year spot freight rate trend for the World Container Index:

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