Index lookup · PCU4831114831115
Producer Price Index industry data for deep sea freight transportation, limited to freight transportation services, a narrower product-line cut of PCU483111 (Deep Sea Freight Transportation), which can include ancillary revenue the same carriers report. Index base: June 1988 = 100.
Latest value is 1 month old. Next update expected around Sep 2026.
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Strongest average month-over-month move historically: January (+8.0% avg).
Use for an ocean carriage contract that wants to isolate the core freight service charge from ancillary port and handling revenue the broader deep sea freight series also captures. Because ocean freight publication can lag, confirm the release schedule against the rate-reset date set in the contract before relying on the most recent print.
A starting point citing this series by name and code. Replace the bracketed terms with your contract's actual scope before use.
The [affected portion] of the Contract Price shall be adjusted using US PPI — Deep Sea Freight Transportation, Freight Transportation Services (BLS series PCU4831114831115), published by BLS. Base Period: the index value published for August 2026 (or the month of contract signing, if different) is the Base Value. Adjustment: at each Adjustment Date, the Current Value is the most recently published three-month average of the index (the Averaging Window). The Escalation Factor equals Current Value divided by Base Value. Cap: the Escalation Factor applied under this clause shall not exceed 1.10 or fall below 0.90 (a 10% cap and floor) in any single Adjustment Date, regardless of the index's actual movement. [Replace bracketed terms with your contract's actual affected-portion definition and adjustment-date schedule before use. This is a drafting starting point, not legal advice.]
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Two named indices cover container freight: Drewry World Container Index, an eight-route composite freely published each week, and the Freightos Baltic Index, a twelve-lane benchmark whose headline moves surface in free weekly commentary but whose full live data sits behind a paid terminal. Match the index to the actual trade lane, not a generic global average.
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