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Container Insight Special Briefing
20 Jan 25: The return of Donald Trump to the White House is another wildcard for the container shipping market in a highly unpredictable year.
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LPG trade growth will be curbed in 2025 due to US terminal capacity limitations

LPG trade growth will be curbed in 2025 due to US terminal capacity limitations

19 Feb 2025: In the latest issue of Drewry’s LPG Forecaster, LPG trade is projected to increase only 1.4%, while US LPG exports are likely to jump 6% in 2025.
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AIS Analytics Week 07 2025: Latest Fleet Performance Indicators

AIS Analytics Week 07 2025: Latest Fleet Performance Indicators

18 Feb 2025: This week we provide fleet performance indicators for the Crude Tanker, Dry Bulk, and LPG vessel segments.
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Drewry Maritime Equity Indices - 18 February 2025

Drewry Maritime Equity Indices - 18 February 2025

For the week ending 14 February 2025, most of the Drewry equity indices fell, except the Container Shipping Index, which surged 4.2% WoW.
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Intra-Asia Container Index - 15 Feb

Intra-Asia Container Index - 15 Feb

15 Feb 2025: Drewry’s new Intra-Asia Container Index, a weighted average of spot container freight rates, decreased 8% to $667 per 40ft container in the first half of February.
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Airfreight Insight provides detailed monthly analysis of the global airfreight markets and essential comparisons between ocean and airfreight modes.
Ocean spot market freight rates: 790 port pairs

Ocean spot market freight rates: 790 port pairs

Container Freight Rate Insight (CFRI) provides ocean spot market freight rate intelligence against 790 port pairs, all updated monthly. CFRI is a popular reference for index-linked contracts and includes a monthly insight PDF report. (Annual subscription)
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Subscribers to our Container Freight Rate Insight (CFRI) service can now request monthly/bi-monthly spot rate forecasts against their priority port pairs (price on application). Email supplychains@drewry.co.uk to find out more.
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Container Forecaster (Annual Subscription)

Widely regarded as the go-to reference for the global container industry, this product provides comprehensive market forecasts and analysis for container trade and port volumes, global supply and demand, trade route analysis and much more. All quarterly report updates are accompanied by tables, charts and graphs in MS Excel. Q3 Edition is also the Annual Review.
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This package of the 2024/25 annual review and quarterly equipment forecasts provides analysis and forecasts of fleet ownership structures covering both dry and reefer boxes. Quarterly report updates also provide trends and forecasts of newbuild vs used pricing, lease rates and cash returns to help you monitor, track and assess future market development.
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Drewry releases financial health-check report 2025 as container shipping freight rates normalise

Drewry releases financial health-check report 2025 as container shipping freight rates normalise
Drewry’s investment research team updates its independent assessment of the financial health of the box shipping industry. The full report is now available to purchase online.

Intra-Asia Container Shipping market outpaces global growth – Drewry launches new intra-Asia online service

05 Nov 24: Intra-Asia Container Market Insight, is an all-new online service that gives logistics teams the regional market intelligence they need to make informed budget forecasts and track trade development and potential disruption.

Drewry introduces new Breakbulk Sea Transport Indices and incorporates within its Multipurpose Forecaster service

03 Oct 24: Drewry has introduced new Breakbulk Sea Transport Indices for both Project and General Cargo vessel segments, replacing the previous Multipurpose (MPV) Time Charter Index.

Airfreight soars above the congested ocean freight transport system

01 Oct 24: Drewry’s new Airfreight Insight confirms airfreight’s growing popularity among international shippers as cost and congestion issues continue to impede ocean transport.
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LPG shipping market outlook

Join us at 09:30 GMT on Thursday 27 February 2025 to explore some of the key findings from our latest LPG Forecaster report. Hosted by Aman Sud, Pratiksha Negi and Nisha Manav.
Conferences 28 Feb 2025

8th Mare Forum Singapore 2025

Arjun Batra will be speaking in a panel session.
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TPM 2025 Conference

Chantal McRoberts will speak in the panel session ’Index Linked Contracts -Time for another look?’. Also, meet us in our booth in TPM25!
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