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Zvi Schreiber

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
642 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Freightos Grows GMV 800%, Exits COVID Stronger Than Ever

I mean, shipping is breaking new records of volumes and prices as we speak.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Freightos Grows GMV 800%, Exits COVID Stronger Than Ever

We track that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Freightos Grows GMV 800%, Exits COVID Stronger Than Ever

We also provide the data feed for daily shipping prices.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Freightos Grows GMV 800%, Exits COVID Stronger Than Ever

It's called the FBX Index.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Freightos Grows GMV 800%, Exits COVID Stronger Than Ever

And that's being quoted a lot in the press at the moment because those prices are up 200%.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Freightos Grows GMV 800%, Exits COVID Stronger Than Ever

depending on the routes, 250% or more year on year.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Freightos Grows GMV 800%, Exits COVID Stronger Than Ever

So funnily enough, as things recovered, this has actually been a great time for shipping and a great time for our business.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Freightos Grows GMV 800%, Exits COVID Stronger Than Ever

So that is the โ€“ if you're looking at the headline, I'm just pulling it up as well.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Freightos Grows GMV 800%, Exits COVID Stronger Than Ever

If you're looking at the headline figure, yeah, that is the average price across all trade lanes, the average price for shipping a 40-foot container on any long haul.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Freightos Grows GMV 800%, Exits COVID Stronger Than Ever

So it could be China to America, China to Europe, transatlantic, and then we break it down by trade lanes.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Freightos Grows GMV 800%, Exits COVID Stronger Than Ever

But that's just the average price per

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Freightos Grows GMV 800%, Exits COVID Stronger Than Ever

worldwide for shipping a 40-foot container, which is the most common size.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Freightos Grows GMV 800%, Exits COVID Stronger Than Ever

To give you an idea, a year ago, that was $1,300.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Freightos Grows GMV 800%, Exits COVID Stronger Than Ever

So that's like tripled, more than tripled.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Freightos Grows GMV 800%, Exits COVID Stronger Than Ever

That was, yeah, it wasn't, yeah, yeah, exactly, exactly.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Freightos Grows GMV 800%, Exits COVID Stronger Than Ever

Well, first of all, to be fair, that's more than a blip.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Freightos Grows GMV 800%, Exits COVID Stronger Than Ever

Going up from 1,400 to 2,200 is in itself a very nice increase of almost 50%.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Freightos Grows GMV 800%, Exits COVID Stronger Than Ever

So COVID, the second half of last year did have a positive impact.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Freightos Grows GMV 800%, Exits COVID Stronger Than Ever

It did drive prices up.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Freightos Grows GMV 800%, Exits COVID Stronger Than Ever

But as you say, not nearly as dramatically as we've had in the last half year.