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  • IACI posts first increase in two weeks
  • Drewry Intra-Asia Container Index jumps 28% on Middle East disruption
  • Early peak sees demand – and rates – increase on intra-Asia lanes

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container-news.com /1 month ago

IACI posts first increase in two weeks

Drewry’s Intra-Asia Container Index (IACI) recorded its first weekly increase in two weeks, rising by 4% in the third week of April to reach $870 per FEU. On an annual basis, the i...

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container-news.com /1 month ago

Drewry Intra-Asia Container Index jumps 28% on Middle East disruption

Drewry’s Intra-Asia Container Index (IACI) rose 28% in the first week of April, reaching $865 per 40ft container. The index has now increased for three consecutive weeks and stands...

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theloadstar.com /1 week ago

Early peak sees demand – and rates – increase on intra-Asia lanes

Intra-Asia container freight rates have reached a two-year high as the peak season (July-October) is brought forward and demand grows. Drewry’s Intra-Asia Container Index showed, o...

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container-news.com /1 week ago

Drewry WCI jumps 12% as Asia-Europe and Transpacific rates surge

The Drewry World Container Index (WCI) jumped 12% this week to $2,553 per 40ft container, driven by higher freight rates on the Transpacific and Asia-Europe trade lanes. Freight ra...

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container-news.com /1 month ago

Six-week rally ends as Drewry WCI slips 3% to $2,246

Drewry’s World Container Index (WCI) fell 3% this week to $2,246 per 40-foot container, snapping a six-week rally that had been driven by bunker fuel price spikes following the lat...

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container-news.com /1 month ago

WCI holds steady at $2,287 as carriers push for bunker surcharges

Drewry’s World Container Index (WCI) remained flat this week at $2,287 per 40-foot container, with rates holding steady on both Asia-Europe and Transpacific trades, according to Dr...

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theloadstar.com /3 weeks ago

Bunker surcharges driving intra-Asia rates up, even as demand falls

Intra-Asia rates continue to rise – despite sluggish cargo volumes – as operators continue to use volatile bunker prices to justify emergency fuel surcharges. Korea Ocean Business...

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container-news.com /1 month ago

World Container Index declines again as weak demand pressures freight rates

The Drewry World Container Index (WCI) recorded its second consecutive weekly decline, falling by 1% to $2,232 per 40ft container on April 23, 2026, as market conditions remain und...

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container-news.com /3 weeks ago

WCI slips for third straight week as container spot rates remain under pressure

The Drewry World Container Index (WCI) declined for the third consecutive week, highlighting continued pressure on global container freight rates. The composite index fell 1% to $2...

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theloadstar.com /4 weeks ago

Asia-USWC stays elevated as carriers take a hard line on prices

Container spot freight rates on the transpacific trade into the North America west coast managed to defy gravity and edge up this week, while most other east-west trades witnessed...

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theloadstar.com /1 month ago

Carrier surcharges drive up intra-Asia rates ‘to maintain profits’

Intra-Asia rates have been kept elevated by high bunker prices, even though cargo volumes have been flat since the Chinese New Year in February. The Shanghai Containerised Freight...

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joc.com /2 days ago

Double-digit rate increases whip up intra-Asia trades

Strong regional cargo demand, buoyant market sentiment and higher bunker costs signal continued upward movement on intra-Asia rates, executives and analysts warn.

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theloadstar.com /2 weeks ago

Container spot rates still rising – but demand looks set to soften

Container spot rates on the transpacific and Asia-Europe trades posted double-digit increases this week on the back of new FAK rate levels, peak season surcharges, and tighter capa...

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theloadstar.com /1 week ago

Freight rate recovery ‘more about demand than blanked sailings’

Container spot rate pricing momentum was firmly behind Asia-Europe carriers this week, with double-digit increases seen on the routes into North Europe and the Mediterranean. This...

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theloadstar.com /3 weeks ago

Spot rates edge up, but carriers plan more blanked sailings

Container spot freight rates across the transpacific and Asia-Europe trades saw marginal gains this week, as carriers managed to halt three consecutive weeks of price declines into...

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theloadstar.com /1 month ago

Carriers forced to manage capacity to prevent spot rate ‘free-fall’

Container freight spot rates on the Asia-Europe trades largely returned to pre-Iran conflict levels this week, as container supply chains settled after the war’s outbreak and settl...

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theloadstar.com /1 month ago

Container spot rates ‘very weak’ as carriers discount to protect income

Container freight spot rates this week declined across most of the main east-west trades, as the market recovered from the shocks from the Hormuz crisis and weak demand conspired w...

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theloadstar.com /1 month ago

Fuel surcharges give rates to US a boost – with more to come

With ocean carriers finally able to apply emergency fuel surcharges to shipments into the US this week, spot rates on the transpacific and transatlantic trades leapt. This week’s W...

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theloadstar.com /1 month ago

Spot rates shrug off Iran shock as carriers chase volume over profits

Container spot freight rates on the main east-west trades largely flatlined this week as excess capacity and uneven demand failed to further spur recent pricing increases by carrie...

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joc.com /3 weeks ago

Indian westbound rates under pressure amid demand uncertainty, overcapacity

Rates to the US East Coast and Europe are down by as much as $500 per FEU in recent weeks as ocean carriers look to lift volumes that softened in April.

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container-news.com /1 month ago

Bunker costs only upside in transpacific contract negotiations

Shipping lines, aware that transpacific cargo volumes are inadequate to support higher rates, are trying to maintain this year’s contract rates at levels similar to, or lower than...

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joc.com /1 month ago

Slight uptick in Breakbulk Shipper Index signals increase in capacity

Unveiled at Breakbulk26 in New Orleans this week, the Journal of Commerce’s new Breakbulk Shipper Index tracks a range of indicators including changes in volumes carried by differe...

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container-news.com /1 day ago

South Korea’s intra-Asia container trade falls 5% in April

South Korea’s container trade with eight major Asian economies fell 5% year-on-year in April, marking the third consecutive month of decline. According to statistics compiled by th...

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container-news.com /3 weeks ago

ANL announces Asia–Australia rate restoration

ANL has announced a rate restoration programme for shipments from Asia to Australia, effective from June 1, 2026. The increase will apply to all dry and reefer cargo and will be ad...

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