Water

By Daryl Delano -- Logistics Management, 9/1/1998

Average prices for waterborne freight rose 1.3 percent in July. Outbound liner prices, by contrast, fell 0.2% over the month. Inbound liner prices have been rising, but Labor Department figures for July were unavailable. Domestic deep-sea prices soared by 3.0 percent but still are below levels of one year ago. The price index for Mississippi River freight rose more than 5.0%, reflecting much higher rates for farm products and chemicals.

% CHANGE VS.: 1 month ago 6 mos. ago 1 yr. ago

Inbound liner NA NA NA

Outbound liner -0.2 +1.2 +1.0

Domestic deep sea +3.3 +1.8 -4.0

Grt. Lks.-St. Lawrence 0.0 +0.3 +0.7

Mississippi River +5.1 +5.1 +4.8