Updated 30 Sept 2026
🚢 Freight & Logistics Intelligence
Container market context, protein reefer corridors, and transport-adjusted cost for global meat and livestock sourcing.
Container Market
EASING
WCI/SCFI directional · Sep 2026
↓ from $5,900 peak (Jan 2022)
Reefer Corridors
6
Protein trade lanes monitored
India, Brazil, Norway origins
Latest Freight Signal
No verified change
AnimStok Freight Network
Accepting verified submissions
Network Coverage
Collecting
Verified observations
Forwarders · Exporters · Agents
Protein Reefer Corridors · AnimStok Freight Network
Each corridor is a canonical protein trade lane. Rates shown are medians from verified network observations. Where no observations exist, the corridor is live and accepting submissions — rates appear once reviewed and published. AnimStok never publishes estimated or unverified rates.
Global Freight Market Context
Directional benchmarks only — not live data. These inform market direction; corridor observations above are the primary product. Do not use as substitutes for actual freight quotes.
REFERENCE ONLY · NOT LIVELast editorial update: Sep 2026
WCI
Drewry World Container Index
2,100USD / 40ft FEU▼ −3% wk
Down from $5,900 peak (Jan 2022). Normalising toward pre-pandemic range $1,400–1,800.
Drewry Supply Chain Advisors · Weekly · indicative
REFERENCE ONLY · NOT LIVELast editorial update: Sep 2026
SCFI
Shanghai Containerized Freight Index
1,450index points▼ −1% wk
SE Asia sub-index most relevant for India–Vietnam protein lanes. Composite stabilising.
Shanghai Shipping Exchange (SSE) · Weekly · indicative
REFERENCE ONLY · NOT LIVELast editorial update: Sep 2026
FBX
Freightos Baltic Index
2,350USD / 40ft FEU (global avg)▲ +1% wk
FBX India sub-index most relevant for Nhava Sheva origin lanes.
Freightos / Baltic Exchange · Weekly · indicative
Feed & Grain Freight Context
⚠ BDI IS NOT A REEFER PROXY. Dry bulk ships grains, ore, and coal in open holds. Reefer containers move frozen protein in temperature-controlled equipment. Different vessels, different markets, entirely different rate drivers. Do not use BDI as a reference for frozen meat freight.
REFERENCE ONLY · NOT LIVELast editorial update: Sep 2026
BDI
Baltic Dry Index
1,680index points▲ +4% wk
Applicable to: maize, SBM, wheat, soymeal shipping economics. Not applicable to protein / reefer corridors.
Baltic Exchange · Weekly · indicative
Transport-Adjusted Cost · v0.1
What v0.1 calculates
1. Normalize to USD
Apply spot FX to convert origin currency
2. FOB Price (USD)
APEDA/DGCIS implied export value
3. + Ocean Freight (USD/MT)
From corridor observation — verified
= Transport-Adjusted Cost
FOB + Freight in common currency
NOTE: FX is a currency normalization step — not an additive cost component. The calculation is: normalize(FOB, FX) + Freight = Transport-Adj. Cost.
What v0.1 does NOT include
✗Import duty / tariff
✗Marine insurance
✗Port charges & THC
✗Customs clearance fees
✗Inland logistics to final destination
Full landed cost will be added as duty, insurance, and port charge data become governed and verified.
EXAMPLE · INDIA BUFFALO → VIETNAM · 40RF
FOB (APEDA implied)
~$4,550/MT
DGCIS / APEDA · Jun 2026
Source-governed
Ocean Freight (Nhava→HCMC)
No obs. yet
AnimStok Freight Network
Awaiting verified quote
FX (INR/USD)
₹84.5
Static reference only
Verify: RBI / ECB
Transport-Adj. Cost
—
Pending freight obs.
normalize(FOB,FX) + Freight
Contribute to the AnimStok Freight Network
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From Origin Price to Destination Economics
How AnimStok connects export FOB price to procurement signal — using India buffalo as the reference corridor.
India Buffalo FOB
Nhava Sheva Origin
Vietnam Trade Lane
Nhava Sheva → Ho Chi Minh City · 40RF · ~18 days
Reefer FreightTHIS PAGE
AnimStok Freight Network · verified corridor observations
FX Normalization
INR → USD at spot rate (RBI/ECB) — exposure variable, not cost
Tariff / Duty
Vietnam MFN rate · ASEAN-India FTA reduction available
Landed Economics
Transport-adjusted cost · v0.1 (duty + insurance = next phase)
Vietnam Destination Market
Procurement Signal
Sources & Methodology
• Drewry World Container Index (WCI) — weekly composite container spot rates · drewry.co.uk · reference only · not live
• Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) — Shanghai Shipping Exchange · weekly · reference only · not live
• Freightos Baltic Index (FBX) — Freightos / Baltic Exchange · weekly · reference only · not live
• Baltic Dry Index (BDI) — Baltic Exchange · daily · dry bulk only — NOT a reefer proxy · reference only · not live
• AnimStok Freight Network — proprietary corridor observations from forwarders, exporters, and shipping agents · admin-verified before publication
• Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) — Shanghai Shipping Exchange · weekly · reference only · not live
• Freightos Baltic Index (FBX) — Freightos / Baltic Exchange · weekly · reference only · not live
• Baltic Dry Index (BDI) — Baltic Exchange · daily · dry bulk only — NOT a reefer proxy · reference only · not live
• AnimStok Freight Network — proprietary corridor observations from forwarders, exporters, and shipping agents · admin-verified before publication