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Transpacific spot rates top $10,000 as Asia-Europe slide accelerates

The Loadstar Trade press Published 18th September 2026 UK

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What the source reported

Source-reported

<p>Container spot freight rates on the transpacific and Asia-Europe continued on their completely divergent directions for the seventh straight week, with Asia-US east coast rates now hitting levels not seen since July 2022.<br /> This week’s World Container Index (WCI) by Drewry saw its Shanghai-New York breach the $10,000 per 40ft level, the first time it has done so since during the latter days of Covid, after rising 7% this week to ...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://theloadstar.com/transpacific-spot-rates-top-10000-as-asia-europe-slide-accelerates/">Transpacific spot rates top $10,000 as Asia-Europe slide accelerates</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theloadstar.com">The Loadstar</a>.</p>

Publication
The Loadstar · Trade Publication
Published
18th September 2026
Original report
theloadstar.com

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What ProcIntel recorded

ProcIntel-derived
Category
Supply Chain & Logistics
Geography
UK
Organisations
None identified
Collected
18th September 2026 · 12:45

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

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Significance 2 · Moderate
Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Moderate (20.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (6.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Likely Event Severity (3.0/30 points). Initial Confidence Low (39.0/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Extraction Quality (3.0/15 points).

Strongest contributor
Procurement Impact
Limiting factor
Likely Event Severity