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Platts Market Data - Containers
Find the essential containers data within our Shipping Market Data package.
Overview
Experience the power of timely and accurate pricing information and let Platts price data be your guide to staying ahead in the container shipping industry. Get the latest price movements and identify trends for key container routes. Our comprehensive assessments are based on extensive market research and data analysis, ensuring accuracy and transparency.
Contact us to find out more about our container market coverage and Platts prices within the Shipping Market Data service.
Key Benefits
Major and expanding shipping trade lanes coverage
Monthly averages across container rates, bunker charges, and carbon emissions charges
Independent and transparent pricing methodology
Access independent and fully transparent price benchmarks and tools that level the playing field in negotiation for shippers, carriers, and logistics providers and end users. Effectively planning your operational costs has a direct impact on your consumers and revenue.
The S&P Global Commodity Insights’ Shipping portfolio helps you confidently negotiate contracts, develop robust trading strategies, and clearly navigate the future.
Platts Price Assessment Coverage
We cover the major container shipping lanes for both head haul and back haul for Forty-foot Equivalent Unit (FEU) and Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit (TEU)
- 36 routes for Platts Container Rates in $/FEU
- 4 routes for Platts Container Rates in $/TEU
- Platts Container Index for a weighted average in $/FEU
- 34 routes for Platts Bunker Charges in $/FEU
Product Features
Cost to move with Platts Container Rates (PCRs)
26 routes covered – independent spot freight rate assessments, for the cost of moving a container.
Fuel costs per container with Platts Bunker Charges (PBCs)
44 routes covered, head haul and back haul. Independent indexes for bunker prices in container freight, for ease of tracking fuel costs per container moved.
Emissions cost per container with Platts Carbon Emissions Charges (PCECs)
14 routes covered, the emissions costs associated with the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), for European container trading routes.
Containers Index
A weighted average of global Platts Container price assessments within a single index.
Monthly averages
For all PCRs, PBCs and PCECs.
Platts Container Rates and Platts Bunker Charges
Daily indexes that provide flexibility for container carriers and their customers in negotiating box rates and bunker surcharges in $/FEU on major container routes. Container Bunker Charge $/FEU indexes utilize Low Sulphur Marine Gas Oil and HFO 380 bunker prices at representative ports along with other transparent variables and will include new 0.5% low sulphur bunker fuel prices.
Why choose Platts Container price assessments?
Dynamic daily spot container rates
Access the most reputable service that assesses dynamic daily spot container rates.
End-of-day price assessments
To increase confidence in contract negotiations, with the latest global pricing at hand.
Bunker price volatility
Is a constant pressure so ensure you have the right data to minimize the risk of adverse impact.
Build your own forecast and trends
Harness our significant back data across all shipping lanes, extending as far back 2015.
New market visibility
We continuously evolve our price data coverage to include new developing trade lanes.
Develop trade strategies
To stay competitive to keep up with dramatically shifting trade flows and manage exposure to price volatility.
Transparency
Make the most of a level playing field with transparent pricing and methodologies.
Regulation
Prepare for the effects of new regulations on the commodity markets.
Develop a strong pricing and business strategy
By referencing daily and historical spot and contract price assessments.
Quickly and easily absorb real-time information
And end-of-day data throughout your company at a time and in a format that suits you.
Platts Price Assessments
Methodology
S&P Global Commodity Insights methodologies bring consistency and robustness to our price assessments through principles and parameters that guide our market specialists at every stage of the process.
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