
Container freight rate index from Shanghai to Rotterdam 2019-2022
Container freight rates from Shanghai to Rotterdam oscillated dramatically between January 2019 and November 2022. The year 2021 saw an especially steep increase in freight rates, reaching a record price of nearly 14,600 U.S. dollars per 40-foot container in September 2021. In November 2022, the freight rate index stood at 2,192 U.S. dollars.