Container Trades Statistics
Sail Smarter By Navigating Data Driven Market Insights
Latest Market Highlights - May 2026
CTS Global Data Reports
TEU Volumes
TEU Volume reports: Charting the Seas with CTS Data.
Navigate 7 trade Regions, 529 Sub-regions, and over 125,000 Port pairs with a dry and reefer split option. Set sail for new business opportunities, strategy updates, and Global trade insights.
Price Indices
Enhance Your Contract Negotiations.
CTS offers transparent and impartial Global Price Indices derived from actual invoiced freight rates, complete with comprehensive dry and reefer splits, as standard at regional and sub-regional level.
Contributing Shipping Lines
Contributing Shipping Lines
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Insights from the Front Line
The CTS Advantage
Foresight into Supply and Demand Dynamics
Understanding the historical and current volume trends allows businesses to anticipate changes in supply and demand. This foresight is essential for effective inventory management, production planning, and maintaining balance in supply chain operations.
Most Comprehensive Dataset in the Market
Comprised of 75% contributed member data and market-driven estimates for the remaining 25% to offer unparalleled insights into the global total. Make informed decisions with confidence and stay ahead of the curve in the dynamic container shipping industry.
Portfolio Diversification
Critique the ebb and flow of global trade to enable your businesses to diversify investments and loan portfolios strategically. By identifying industries and regions with stable or growing TEU volumes, you can mitigate risks associated with market volatility.
Versatile Data Download Options
Easy registration and the availability of data in accessible formats depending on preference (Excel, Power BI & other file sharing options) make it easy for your business to leverage global shipping data to their advantage.
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CTS: Data with a Purpose
Empowering Industries: Fuelling growth with CTS data
Freight Forwarder & Logistics:
Boost Your Efficiency
- Comprehensive Insights: Global insights from CTS’s data assist you to improve informed decision-making.
- Effective Planning: CTS’s data aids in effective planning and optimisation of routes.
- Strategic Navigation: Ease your navigation of market trends and identification of risks in trade routes.
- Supports Partner Relationships: Potential to create transparency through CTS index-linked contracts with customers.
- Strategic Decisions: CTS’s granular data aids decision making regarding market and route expansion.
- Market Awareness: Gain insights into freight rate movements with index data to enhance your position in the market.
Port Operations:
Harbouring Your Success
- Improved Planning and Forecasting: CTS’s data aids you in accurate demand forecasting and operational analysis.
- Strategic Infrastructure Development: Assists you in long-term infrastructure planning to accommodate container traffic growth.
- Benchmark Ranking: CTS’s carrier market share data, potentially helps you to benchmark performance and develop business plans.
- Risk Management: Helps you analyse and plan for fluctuations in global trade.
- Customised Service Offerings: A dry and reefer split report helps refine your tailored services to potential customers.
- Expansion Opportunities: Identify emerging markets based on global cargo flow insights.
Finance & Consultancies:
Mitigate Risks With Confidence
- Economic Forecasting: Incorporate CTS’s data into your models for global trade and economic predictions.
- Market Entry Strategies: Guide your business’s strategic decisions on geographical expansion with global container shipping data.
- Market Analysis for Investment Decisions: Utilise CTS’s data to help make informed investment decisions in the maritime sector.
- Portfolio Diversification: Identifies growth opportunities for expansion of your investment portfolio.
- Supply Chain Consulting: CTS’s data assists in analysing and optimising supply chains based on global shipping trends.
- Risk Assessment: Evaluate your shipping investment risks through container volume and shipping rate trends.
Government Body & Education:
Expand Your Horizons
- Trade Negotiations: CTS’s data helps support negotiations by providing insights into trade volumes and shipping patterns between regions.
- Infrastructure Planning: Aids in port infrastructure planning and logistics networks based on cargo flow trends.
- Economic Analysis: Analyse the shipping industry’s impact on national and global economies.
- Academic Research: Expedites your research in fields like economics and supply chain management.
- Educational Resources: CTS provides you with real-world data for educational use in courses related to logistics, trade and economics.
- Policy Development and Regulation: Utilise CTS’s data to assist in policies and regulation review.
Shippers:
Transparency in Trade
- Market Insights: Giving you a clear view into trade lane trends for informed decision-making.
- Strategic Planning: Leverage historical trends from volume and price index data to help review your financial strategy.
- Expansion Opportunities: Identify emerging ports using CTS’s global port data.
- Adapt Your Strategies: Leverage market data to enhance your service offerings.
- Your Window Into The Container Market: CTS’s data increases transparency, allowing you to track market dynamics.
- Risk Management: Assists in analysing historical supply chain pressure points.
- Supply Chain Efficiency: CTS’s data supports your strategic supply chain decisions.
Carriers & Shipping Agents:
Optimise Your Strategy
- Comprehensive Insights: Access to CTS’s detailed data on global trade movements provides you with a heightened understanding of market dynamics.
- Accurate Representation: CTS’s data, sourced directly from manifests, accurately depicts global trade volumes and rate movements.
- Operational Optimisation: CTS’s port data can assist in optimising route planning and vessel deployment.
- Trend Analysis: Identification of emerging market trends allows you to make informed decisions and adjust your strategy accordingly.
- Strategic Decision-Making: CTS’s data can help you to make strategic decisions, such as entering new markets or adjusting service offerings, to stay ahead of the competition.
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