Weekly 40ft and 20ft container spot rates for 64 port-to-port and regional lanes, built from anonymized forwarder and shipper quotes, with history back to 2018.
Data product · Listing updated 11 Nov 2026
Worldwide, no country restrictions stated.
Published every Tuesday 10:00 SGT for the prior week
64 lanes, about 9,000 quotes a week
Small and medium businesses, Mid-market, Enterprises
Anonymized quote submissions from freight forwarders, shippers and non-vessel operating carriers
Weekly rate panel; median of all-in quotes with outlier trimming and minimum contributor thresholds
A transparent benchmark for what it actually costs to move a container on the world's main trade lanes this week.
Contributors are freight forwarders, shippers and non-vessel operating carriers who submit all-in spot quotes covering ocean freight and standard surcharges, excluding origin and destination terminal charges. Each lane needs at least five contributors in a week to publish; otherwise the value is carried forward and marked. Outliers are trimmed using an interquartile rule and the index is the median of the remaining quotes. Contributor identities are never disclosed, and no single contributor can account for more than 25% of a lane's quotes. The index is published every Tuesday for the previous week.
13 fields as documented by Capstan Maritime Data.
| Field | Type | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| week_start | date | Monday of the reference week | — |
| lane_code | string | Capstan lane code | — |
| origin_region | string | Origin region | — |
| destination_region | string | Destination region | — |
| origin_port | string | Origin port UN/LOCODE, for port-to-port lanes | — |
| destination_port | string | Destination port UN/LOCODE | — |
| container_type | string | 20ft or 40ft dry | — |
| index_usd | number | Median all-in spot rate, USD per container | — |
| wow_change_pct | number | Change versus prior week | — |
| p25_usd | number | 25th percentile quote | — |
| p75_usd | number | 75th percentile quote | — |
| contributor_count | integer | Contributors behind the value | — |
| avg_transit_days | number | Average quoted transit time | — |
Free sample available on request
The provider sends a sample file so you can test fit and quality before you buy.
Prices in USD, as published by Capstan Maritime Data
all lanes, web and email
API, full history and index licence for contracts
Converted amounts use DataStoa display rates and are approximate. Capstan Maritime Data quotes the final price, taxes and terms.
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Time coverage: 2018 to present.
Provider-reported
Latency: Published every Tuesday 10:00 SGT for the prior week
DataStoa has not audited these figures. Ask the provider how they are measured, or test them on a sample.
The licence is agreed directly between you and Capstan Maritime Data. This summary is provider-reported; the linked terms prevail.
Not listed: AI / ML model training, AI retrieval and grounding, redistribution allowed, marketing and outreach, research use. Ask Capstan Maritime Data if you need any of these.
AIS vessel tracking, port calls, freight rates and disruption alerts
Capstan Maritime Data fuses terrestrial and satellite AIS into clean vessel positions, port calls and voyages for the global merchant fleet. From Singapore it also publishes a weekly container freight rate index and round-the-clock alerts on port congestion and shipping disruptions.
Also available on: Snowflake Marketplace, AWS Data Exchange, Databricks Marketplace
What buyers say about Capstan Maritime Data. Reviews cover the provider, not only this listing.
from 3 reviews
The weekly index is transparent about its inputs and we now reference it in two contracts. We would like more coverage on intra-Africa and South America east coast lanes, which they say are planned.
Henrik O., Procurement lead, ocean freight, Retail group
During a congestion spell at a transhipment hub we had the alert and waiting-time data two days before our forwarder told us. That was enough to rebook two shipments through another port.
Sarah J., Logistics manager, Furniture importer
We pulled five years of port calls for bulk carriers in Asia and the berth and anchorage times were consistent with the port authority figures we checked. The API is quick and the vessel classification by size saved us a lot of joins.
Wei L., Freight analyst, Commodity trading company