Current rates
sea freight
for your business.
20GP/40GP/40HQ price spreads, operational signals, slot availability. Several updates per week from shipowners and terminals.
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Transit time: 28-32 days
Hong Kong → Gdansk
Transit time: 30-35 days
Shenzhen → Gdynia
Transit time: 34-38 days
Standard 20-foot container
40-foot standard container
40-foot container (High Cube)
Sea freight prices can
change by USD 700 in just one month.
Using the China → Poland route (Port of Gdansk) as an example, you can see how dynamically the market reacts. By keeping track of this data in real time, you can plan shipments when rates are at their lowest.
CN → PL (Port of Gdansk)
September - November 2025
The graph shows average ocean freight rates (CN → PL, port of Gdansk)
19.09 - 04.11.2025, for 20 GP and 40 GP/HC containers.
Source: operational data from the Freight Updates newsletter.
+53%
in 6 weeks
USD 700
difference on container 40 GP
Budgetary impact
20 GP: USD 750 → 1150
+400 USD (+53%)
40 GP: 1150 → 1700 USD
+550 USD (+48%)
In just six weeks, between September and early November 2025, rates for a 20 GP container increased from approx. USD 750 to USD 1150, , and for 40 GP/HC - with USD 1150 to USD 1700.
It's Over 50% difference in costs the same relationship. For the importer, this can mean several thousand dollars difference on one ship.
That's why it's worth following the updates -
for when others are just asking for an offer, You already know from which port and at what time the most profitable time to load a container.
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Each report contains the latest rates for 20GP, 40GP/HC and 40HQ from the world's major ports to Poland and Germany.
Current freight rates
| Country of loading | Place of loading | Country of landing | Place of unloading | 20GP (USD) | 40GP/HC (USD) | 40HQ (USD) | Shipowner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CN China | Ningbo | EN Poland | Gdansk | 925 | 1300 | - | COSCO |
CN China | - | DE Germany | Hamburg | 1050 | - | 1650 | EMC |
CN China | Shenzhen | EN Poland | Gdansk | 800 | 1400 | 1400 | - |
CN China | - | EN Poland | Gdynia | 900 | - | 1500 | MSC |
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Freight price volatility
Sea freight prices can fluctuate from day to day - differences between offers are often hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars.
Most importers only become aware of them when it is too late to react.
$500-2000
on one container
24h
market dynamics
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Asia, America, Middle East → Poland / Germany
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