The latest container freight index SCFI released by Shanghai Shipping Exchange reached 1814.00 points, down 108.95 points or 5.66% for the week. Although it fell for the 16th consecutive week, the decline did not increase the cumulative decline because last week was China’s Golden Week. On the contrary, compared with the average weekly decline of nearly 10% in the past few weeks, the freight rate of the Persian Gulf and South America routes has also rebounded, and the freight rate of the Asian route has also stabilized, so that the off-season of the fourth quarter in Europe and the United States will not be too bad. Line peak season is supported.

At present, the freight rate in the spot market in the east of the United States is above 5,000 US dollars. At the cost price of 2,800-2,900 US dollars, the profit is more than 40%, which is still a good profit; Most of the lines are super large container ships with more than 20,000 containers running, the cost price is only about 1,600 US dollars, and the profit rate is as high as 169%.

The freight rate per box of SCFI Shanghai to Europe was US$2,581, a weekly drop of US$369, or 12.51%; the Mediterranean line was US$2,747 per box, a weekly decline of US$252, a decline of 8.40%; the freight rate of a large box to the United States and West was US$2,097, a weekly decline of 302% US dollar, down 12.59%; US $5,816 per large box, down $343 for the week, down 5.53%.

The freight rate of South America line (Santos) per box is 5,120 US dollars, a weekly increase of 95 yuan, or 1.89%; the freight rate of Persian Gulf line is 1,171 US dollars, a weekly increase of 295 US dollars, an increase of 28.40%; the freight rate of Southeast Asia line (Singapore) is 349 yuan per box The U.S. dollar rose $1, or 0.29%, for the week.

The key route indices are as follows:

• Euro-Mediterranean routes: The demand for transportation is sluggish, the supply of routes is still in a state of excess, and the market booking price has dropped sharply. The freight index of European routes was 1624.1 points, down 18.4% from last week; the freight index of eastern routes was 1568.2 points, down 10.9% from last week; the freight index of western routes was 1856.0 points, down 7.6% from last week.

• North American routes: The supply-demand relationship has not improved. The market booking prices of the US East and West US routes continue to drop, and the freight rate of the US West routes has fallen below USD 2,000/FEU. The freight index of the US east route was 1892.9 points, down 5.0% compared with last week; the freight index of US west route was 1090.5 points, down 9.4% compared with last week.

• Middle East routes: Affected by the suspension and delays, the normal operation of ships on the Middle East routes is limited, and the shortage of space has led to a continuous increase in spot market booking prices. The Middle East route index was 1160.4 points, up 34.6% from last week.