Signal · Supply Chain & Logistics
Post-peak spot rates tumble as ocean carriers eye price increases
What the source reported
Source-reported<p>China’s Golden Week holiday appears to have marked the end of the protracted transpacific peak season, as container freight spot rates out of Asia to the US declined this week.<br /> According to Drewry’s World Container Index (WCI), the spot rate on its Shanghai-Los Angeles route declined 3% week on week, to finish at $7,624 per 40ft, while the Shanghai-New York leg was down 2%, to $10,220 per 40ft.<br /> US west coast forwarder ...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://theloadstar.com/post-peak-spot-rates-tumble-as-ocean-carriers-eye-price-increases/">Post-peak spot rates tumble as ocean carriers eye price increases</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theloadstar.com">The Loadstar</a>.</p>
- Publication
- The Loadstar · Trade Publication
- Published
- 9th October 2026
- Original report
- theloadstar.com
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What ProcIntel recorded
ProcIntel-derived- Category
- Supply Chain & Logistics
- Geography
- UK
- Organisations
- None identified
- Collected
- 9th October 2026 · 13:42
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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Initial Significance Moderate (29.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (12.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Likely Event Severity (3.0/30 points). Initial Confidence Low (31.5/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Corroboration (2.5/25 points).
- Strongest contributor
- Procurement Impact
- Limiting factor
- Likely Event Severity