North America routing

North America routing is a feature available in the Rate movement section of Market benchmarks that lets you choose a specific coastal entry or exit point for select inland locations in the United States or Canada, allowing you to compare the rates between them.

View routing data

You can add routing rates to the Rate movement graph on the Market benchmarks page by following the steps below:

1. Search for a specific trade lane where either the origin or the destination is an inland location in North America (for example, Chicago Rail Ramps)
2. Select from the available routing options in the chart description

The chart will display the routing rates via the selected coasts alongside the average market rate (shown as Any route):

Routing rates calculation

Xeneta calculates the routing rates using only contracts that include specific routing information, while regular rates displayed under Any route use a much larger dataset since they take into account all available market rates regardless of routing.

As a result, the regular market rate shown under Any route may not necessarily be the average of the routing rates you see in Xeneta.

Number of contracts

Xeneta shows the number of contracted rates used in the aggregation, and in some cases the coast-specific number might be higher than that shown under Any route.

This happens because the Any route option includes only the lowest rate from a single contract, while the coast-specific routes include all rates in the contracts that match your selected origin and destination.

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Since Xeneta considers coast-specific routes at the regional level, multiple port-to-port routes may be included in the aggregation, leading to a higher number of contracted rates displayed in the platform.

Supported corridors

Routing data is available for trade lanes within the following corridors, where either the origin or the destination is an inland location in North America:

• North America – Asia
• Asia – North America
• North America – Europe
• Europe – North America