In October 2022, the container freight index of Ningbo-Europe route was 1,320 points, which was a significant decrease from 5,714 points in the same period last year. This signals that the container market has recovered from the shortage of containers and ships caused by the COVID-19 lockdown.
Monthly China Ningbo - Europe Container Freight Index from January 2019 to October 2022
Ningbo Container Freight Index (NCFI) objectively reflects the fluctuation of freight rates of the international container shipping market by calculating and recording the information on container freight changes of 21 routes departing from Ningbo-Zhoushan Port, including one composite index and 21 branch route indices.
The routes under the NCFI include those from Ningbo to Europe, the Western Mediterranean, the Eastern Mediterranean, the Black Sea, the Red Sea, West Africa, East Africa, South Africa, North Africa, the West Coast of America, the East Coast of America, the West Coast of South America, the East Coast of South America, the Middle East, India & Pakistan, Thailand & Vietnam, Singapore & Malaysia, Philippines, Australia & New Zealand, West Japan, East Japan, covering the major trade directions and exported regions of exported containers departing from Ningbo-Zhoushan port.
The basis period of NCFI is the 10th week of 2012 (3rd March, 2012 - 9th March, 2012), and the basis index is 1,000 points.
The graph shows values for the last Friday of each month.
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Ningbo Shipping Exchange. (November 11, 2022). Monthly China Ningbo - Europe Container Freight Index from January 2019 to October 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1320150/monthly-china-ningbo-europe-route-container-freight-index/
Ningbo Shipping Exchange. "Monthly China Ningbo - Europe Container Freight Index from January 2019 to October 2022." Chart. November 11, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1320150/monthly-china-ningbo-europe-route-container-freight-index/
Ningbo Shipping Exchange. (2022). Monthly China Ningbo - Europe Container Freight Index from January 2019 to October 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1320150/monthly-china-ningbo-europe-route-container-freight-index/
Ningbo Shipping Exchange. "Monthly China Ningbo - Europe Container Freight Index from January 2019 to October 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Nov 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1320150/monthly-china-ningbo-europe-route-container-freight-index/
Ningbo Shipping Exchange, Monthly China Ningbo - Europe Container Freight Index from January 2019 to October 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1320150/monthly-china-ningbo-europe-route-container-freight-index/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Monthly China Ningbo - Europe Container Freight Index from January 2019 to October 2022 [Graph], Ningbo Shipping Exchange, November 11, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1320150/monthly-china-ningbo-europe-route-container-freight-index/