The Valencia Containerised Freight Index starts the year with a growth of 10.41% The Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) has started the year with a growth of 10.41% in line with the last half of last year, according to Valenciaport's release. The demand in the shipping market remains high for this time of the year, which is also reflected in the low share of the idle fleet, which stands at 1%. In January, all the geographical areas analysed by the index experienced increases in freight rates, in the case of the Western Mediterranean by 3.05% and the Far East by 4.24%. Thus, the VCFI created by the Port Authority of Valencia to reflect the evolution of maritime transport rates reaches 1,571.29 points, accumulating an increase of 57.13% since the beginning of the series in 2018.