Source: Marketplace Pulse
Published: April 2022

Container Shipping Rates, China to the U.S.

Shipping containers are large, metal containers used across different modes of transport—from ship to rail to truck—to transport goods without unloading and reloading the cargo.

Cargo ships charge per container to transport goods from China to the U.S. Compared to rates pre-pandemic, the price per container is 10x higher ($1,500 in Jan 2020 versus $16,000 today).

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