{"id":14452,"date":"2026-01-21T16:20:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/container-rates-reverse-course-as-january-rally-unravels-on-weak-demand\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:49:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:49:25","slug":"container-rates-reverse-course-as-january-rally-unravels-on-weak-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/container-rates-reverse-course-as-january-rally-unravels-on-weak-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"Container Rates Reverse Course as January Rally Unravels on Weak Demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Global container shipping rates fell sharply last week, surrendering most of the gains from a brief January rally as carriers struggled to maintain pricing power amid weak demand and ongoing geopolitical volatility.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Drewry World Container Index dropped 4% to $2,445 per 40-foot container, driven primarily by declines on key Transpacific and Asia-Europe trade lanes. The retreat marks a significant reversal from the previous week, when the index had surged 16% to $2,557.<\/p>\n<p>Transpacific routes bore the brunt of the correction. Spot rates from Shanghai to New York fell 10% to $3,568 per container, while Shanghai to Los Angeles declined 7% to $2,909. The weakness came despite the looming Chinese New Year factory shutdowns in mid-February, which typically drive rate increases as shippers rush to move cargo ahead of the holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more in an\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/ciffa.apms5.com\/anywhere\/m?s=ciffa&amp;m=s_f98ae50d-4551-4e2c-acca-45b04118575f&amp;u=e1jq4wvfdtfm8dhg6n1k4hj45n2mad255mu36ha25n13ada35mt3jc1m6rtm8cj370uk8&amp;r2=d1u78w3k78qjytv3c5r78rb9drq66vvd5xhpyvkmc5mpwtbj5nt62x35ecpq4tbpcnt76t9dcdqqawkkcmpp2wtdd9gpwxb1e9wjuwk1dhp7jbbndtt62xk5dhtjuvve5nvparbb5nj6avb1dtj2y&amp;n=4\" href=\"https:\/\/ciffa.apms5.com\/anywhere\/m?s=ciffa&amp;m=s_f98ae50d-4551-4e2c-acca-45b04118575f&amp;u=e1jq4wvfdtfm8dhg6n1k4hj45n2mad255mu36ha25n13ada35mt3jc1m6rtm8cj370uk8&amp;r2=d1u78w3k78qjytv3c5r78rb9drq66vvd5xhpyvkmc5mpwtbj5nt62x35ecpq4tbpcnt76t9dcdqqawkkcmpp2wtdd9gpwxb1e9wjuwk1dhp7jbbndtt62xk5dhtjuvve5nvparbb5nj6avb1dtj2y&amp;n=4\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"5\">article from gCaptain<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global container shipping rates fell sharply last week, surrendering most of the gains from a brief January rally as carriers struggled to maintain pricing power amid weak demand and ongoing geopolitical volatility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":14181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[1052],"types-de-nouvelles":[],"class_list":["post-14452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-freight-news","tag-drewry-world-container-index-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14452"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14453,"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14452\/revisions\/14453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14452"},{"taxonomy":"types-de-nouvelles","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types-de-nouvelles?post=14452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}