Containerized Freight Index fell to 1,763.49 Points on July 4, 2025, down 5.27% from the previous day. Over the past month, Containerized Freight Index's price has fallen 14.92%, and is down 52.77% compared to the same time last year, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Containerized Freight Index.

Graph and download economic data for Producer Price Index by Industry: General Freight Trucking, Local: Primary Services (PCU484110484110P) from Jun 1993 to May 2025 about freight, trucks, primary, services, PPI, industry, inflation, price index, indexes, price, and USA.

Container freight rates oscillated dramatically between January 2023 and November 2024. Freight rates slumped to their lowest level on the 26th of October 2023, when the going rate for a 40-foot container was only ***** U.S. dollars. Since then, the global freight rate has significantly increased, hitting over ***** U.S. dollars in July 2024, the highest value on record. As of November 28th 2024, freight rates decreased to ***** U.S. dollars per 40ft container. How did we get here? The global supply chain is a fragile system consisting of numerous links. Disruption to one can send cascading effects down a chain that needs to function properly for the whole system to work. The COVID-19 pandemic turned out to be an event of such a magnitude to either bring to halt whole industries and supply chains, or severely reduce their efficiency. Due to its complexity and transcontinental nature, container shipping was hit especially hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the start of the pandemic, the shipping industry has had to struggle with port closures and congestions, labor shortages, difficulties with capacity utilization, as well as a lack of new shipping containers. In more recent months, the impact of the conflict in the Middle-East between Israel and numerous Islamic nations has had a significant effect on oil exports in the region, further exacerbating an industry in desperate need of recovery. Container carriers profiting While costs of operating a container fleet have increased, the surge in freight rates has not served just to cover rising expenses. Container ship operators had been reporting record-high operating profit margins since the beginning of the pandemic. However, despite these high profit margins, the freight rate increase has had some repercussions. In the second quarter of 2023, main container shipping companies had an average profit margin of *** percent, a decrease of almost ** percent compared to the peak EBIT in the first quarter of 2022. Despite this decrease, some of the carriers are combating this trend by using their previous profits to increase their carrying capacity by buying new containers and ordering new container ships. However, the delivery of these newly ordered ships is still years away.

Graph and download economic data for Inbound Price Index (International Services): Air Freight (IC131) from Sep 1990 to May 2025 about air travel, freight, travel, services, price index, indexes, price, and USA.

United States - Freight Transportation Services Index was 136.30000 Chain-type Index 2000=100 in April of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Freight Transportation Services Index reached a record high of 140.60000 in August of 2019 and a record low of 94.90000 in April of 2009. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Freight Transportation Services Index - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.

Graph and download economic data for Freight Transportation Services Index (TSIFRGHT) from Jan 2000 to Apr 2025 about freight, transportation, services, indexes, and USA.

Container freight rates from Shanghai to Los Angeles oscillated dramatically between January 2023 and May 2024. On the 30th May 2024, freight rates between the two cities reached its peak at over 5,300 U.S dollars. This constitutes a significant increase compared to just 6 months prior, when freight rates reached an all-time low of just over ***** U.S dollars on June 22nd 2023.

United States - Producer Price Index by Industry: General Freight Trucking, Local: Primary Services was 179.55600 Index Jun 1993=100 in May of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Producer Price Index by Industry: General Freight Trucking, Local: Primary Services reached a record high of 214.99700 in July of 2022 and a record low of 99.90000 in September of 1993. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Producer Price Index by Industry: General Freight Trucking, Local: Primary Services - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.

Baltic Dry rose to 1,436 Index Points on July 4, 2025, up 0.14% from the previous day. Over the past month, Baltic Dry's price has fallen 11.69%, and is down 26.96% compared to the same time last year, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. Baltic Exchange Dry Index - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on July of 2025.

Graph and download economic data for Producer Price Index by Industry: Deep Sea Freight Transportation: Deep Sea Freight Transportation Services (PCU4831114831115) from Jun 1988 to May 2025 about sea, freight, transportation, services, PPI, industry, inflation, price index, indexes, price, and USA.

United States - Inbound Price Index (International Services): Air Freight was 182.70000 Index 2000=100 in May of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Inbound Price Index (International Services): Air Freight reached a record high of 296.20000 in January of 2022 and a record low of 92.70000 in September of 1998. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Inbound Price Index (International Services): Air Freight - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.

Graph and download economic data for Index of Shipping Freight Rates, British Routes for Great Britain (M0333AGBM316NNBR) from Jan 1920 to Aug 1939 about ships, freight, United Kingdom, rate, and indexes.

United States - Outbound Price Index (International Services): Air Freight for Asia was 162.80000 Index 2000=100 in May of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Outbound Price Index (International Services): Air Freight for Asia reached a record high of 322.60000 in August of 2021 and a record low of 95.10000 in December of 2002. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Outbound Price Index (International Services): Air Freight for Asia - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.

The transportation sub-index of the CPI basket in Mexico decreased to 131.49 points in May of 2025 from 131.68 points in April of 2025. This dataset provides - Mexico Cpi Transportation- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

United States - Producer Price Index by Commodity: Transportation Services: Deep Sea Water Transportation of Freight was 143.56700 Index Dec 2008=100 in May of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Producer Price Index by Commodity: Transportation Services: Deep Sea Water Transportation of Freight reached a record high of 180.36300 in September of 2022 and a record low of 80.80000 in May of 2009. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Producer Price Index by Commodity: Transportation Services: Deep Sea Water Transportation of Freight - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.

Container freight rates increased significantly between December 2020 and December 2021. While shipping a 40' container cost on average 2,652 U.S. dollars in December 2020, the global price skyrocketed to 9,425 U.S. dollars in December 2021.

As of September 30, 2024, the Baltic Dry Index amounted to 2,065 points. This was higher than in the previous month, and higher than in May 2020, immediately after the outbreak of COVID-19, when the index stood at 504. The Baltic Dry Index is based on the current freight cost on various shipping routes and is considered a bellwether of the general shipping market.

Bulgaria - Labour cost index: Transportation and storage was 11.00 % year-on-year in March of 2025, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Bulgaria - Labour cost index: Transportation and storage - last updated from the EUROSTAT on June of 2025. Historically, Bulgaria - Labour cost index: Transportation and storage reached a record high of 25.50 % year-on-year in March of 2023 and a record low of -3.50 % year-on-year in March of 2021.

The transportation sub-index of the CPI basket in Brazil decreased to 6906.02 points in May of 2025 from 6919.16 points in April of 2025. This dataset provides - Brazil Cpi Transportation- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Amazon.com's annual shipping costs showed a steady increase from 2011 to 2023. In the most recently reported fiscal year, Amazon's shipping costs amounted to 89.5 billion U.S. dollars, up from 83.5 billion U.S. dollars in the previous year. Revenue rise and fall
The increasing shipping costs can be explained by Amazon's rapid growth over the past decade. Although, the road to success has not always been smooth. The general trend from 2015 to 2021 shows that Amazon's net income significantly increased. However, its net income plunged to negative values in 2022, resulting in a net loss of approximately 2.7 billion U.S. dollars. The brand value of the e-commerce giant also took a hit the following year, mainly due to the current market recession and challenging times for tech companies. Nonetheless, its revenue continues to climb, reaching almost 170 billion U.S. dollars in the last quarter of 2023, demonstrating resiliency in times of market uncertainty. Herding the online flock In December 2023, amazon.com recorded a whopping 2.7 billion web visits. The website is most often accessed by direct search, but consumers also arrive via other sites. In fact, approximately 370 million users click to amazon.com from social media platforms. Among social sites, YouTube refers the most consumers to amazon.com. In December 2023, nearly 60 percent of all social media traffic referrals came from the popular video-sharing platform. Facebook was the second-highest source of referrals, followed by Twitter and Reddit. Thus, social media can be a useful tool for reaching potential customers.