Arguing for others? Watch out for the price on our shelves. Look at the below:
Platts indexes:
Platts put Thursday’s North Asia-Mediterranean spot rates at $5,700 per FEU (forty-foot equivalent unit);
Its North Asia-North Europe assessment, at $4,800 per FEU;
Platts put Southeast Asia-U.S. East Coast rates on Thursday at $6,500 per FEU, up 195% from Dec. 1; North Asia-U.S. East Coast rates at $6,300 per FEU, up 174%; Southeast Asia-U.S. West Coast rates at $4,500 per FEU, up 181%; and Southeast Asia-U.S. East Coast rates at $4,300, up 173%.
Drewry World Container Index (WCI) indexes:
The index for Shanghai to Rotterdam, Netherlands, came in at $4,984 per FEU, up only 1% week on week (w/w). Spot rates for Shanghai to Genoa, Italy, averaged $6,365 per FEU, also up 1% w/w.
The WCI Shanghai-Los Angeles index shot up 13% w/w, to $4,344 per FEU, and the Shanghai-New York assessment rose 9% w/w, to $6,143 per FEU.