Drewry launches Container Shipping Market Signals dashboard

Drewry, a leading maritime research and advisory firm, has launched a new Container Shipping Market Signals dashboard. This monthly update aims to assist industry stakeholders in evaluating the impact of market volatility on their businesses. Container shipping operations hinge on various market signals such as rate fluctuations, port congestion, sailing schedules, blank sailings, fuel costs, and capacity changes.

Stakeholders typically gather these indicators from diverse sources, which often leads to outdated information when the market shifts.

The Container Shipping Market Signals dashboard, available through Drewry's Container Freight Portal, consolidates crucial metrics into a single monthly view. These metrics include the World Container Index, blank sailings, port congestion, global throughput, fuel costs, demand signals, and more. Beyond providing a consolidated view, the dashboard also translates these signals into actionable insights.

It highlights changes, explains their significance, and offers tailored recommendations for shippers, carriers, and terminal operators.

The initial Sep-26 dashboard is accessible to subscribers of the World Container Index, Port Throughput, and Logistics Executive Briefings. However, starting next month, access to the dashboard will be limited to subscribers of Drewry's container shipping services only.