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The Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI), the indicator that measures the trend and evolution of container transport costs by sea from the Port of València, begins the year 2022 with a value of 4,267.75 points, which represents an increase of 4.9% with respect to the month of December. Once again, the growth in demand for ...

Merchandise trade volume declined in Q3 while trade values continued to rise —

The Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI), the indicator that measures the trend and evolution of container transport costs by sea from the Port of València continues the upward trend of recent times with a growth of 4.23% in the month of November to stand at 3,902.15 points. However, it should be noted that since August ...

The Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI), the indicator that measures the trend and evolution of container transport costs by sea from the Port of Valencia, stood at 3,743.95 points in October, which represents an increase of 5.23% over the previous month, making a chain of fifteen consecutive months of growth. Thus, since the beginning of ...

The Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) exceeds 2,000 points with a growth in April of 17.39% The Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) continues its upward trend, reaching 2,314.89 points in April, an increase of 17.39% over the previous month. In a global context marked by the generalised growth of freight rates, the VCFI links its ninth consecutive month of growth and exceeds two thousand points for the first time in its history since the index began in January 2018. The effect...

Volatility storm gives way to inflation gale Whether it’s durable or not, investors are bracing for several months of inflation angst that challenge the structure of world market positioning far more than January’s amateur stock frenzy. Amid hopes the worst of this latest pandemic wave has passed as vaccines roll out, market-based inflation expectations are creeping higher again. Some gauges from the swaps and index-linked bond market hit their highest in over two years in the United States...