container rates

Carriers are earning far more per container on U.S. trades even as European rates slide. For procurement teams heading into 2027 contract talks, the gap shows where leverage is returning and where it isn't yet.

Asia–U.S. West Coast spot rates rose to $7,621 per FEU and East Coast to $9,791. Typhoons have closed Shanghai and Ningbo, and some carriers are weighing Panama Canal low-water surcharges.