Water

By Daryl Delano -- Logistics Management, 12/1/1998

Average prices in the waterborne freight sector fell 0.3% between September and October after rising in four out of the previous five months. Although up a whopping 21.2% over the past year, inbound liner charges have stabilized, declining for the second straight month in October. Though there's been a lot of price movement during the year in the various water freight categories, overall prices for 1998 will likely end the year only about 1.0% above 1997 levels.

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

Inbound liner -0.1 +28.0 +21.2

Outbound liner -5.1 -3.1 -2.4

Domestic deep sea +1.1 +2.1 -1.4

Grt. Lks.-St. Lawrence 0.0 -0.1 +0.7

Mississippi River +4.5 +23.7 +6.6