Data highlights
• Market average spot rates – 27 June 2025:
o Far East to US West Coast: USD 3317 per FEU (40ft container)
o Far East to US East Coast: USD 5990 per FEU
o Far East to North Europe: USD 2852 per FEU
o Far East to Mediterranean: USD 4440 per FEU
o North Europe to US East Coast: USD 2105 per FEU
• Market average on the Transpacific trade from Far East to US West Coast has fallen dramatically since the spike on 1 June. Declining spot rates this week has all but evaporated the spike. At USD 3317 per FEU on 27 June, rates are only 6% higher when compared to 31 May. This trade lane is the foremost impacted by the US-China trade war. Clearly, capacity is now more than meeting demand and the shippers who are realizing that are pushing back on ‘peak season surcharge’.
• Market average on the trade from Far East to US East Coast has fallen 9% since 1 June to USD 5 990 per FEU. The spot rate is holding up to a large extend into the US East Coast, standing 43% higher on 27 June than on 31 May. (....)