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Weekly Coffee Warehouse Transfer Index 10/12 to 10/16

Written by Fair Trade Logistics Team | Oct 14, 2026, 8:00:34 PM

See where shipping rates are for the week of Monday, October 12th through Friday, October 16th. Every major green coffee warehouse lane in North America, truckload and intermodal, in one table.

This week's read: Twelve truckload lanes came down, five moved up, and rail eased on nine of ten intermodal lanes. Houston to Alameda is down $645, Baltimore (Sparrows Point) to Alameda down $535, Continental to Houston down $385 and NOLA to NJ down $230. Going the other way, Continental to Green Room is up $430, Alameda to Vancouver up $420 and Continental to Alameda up $150. Rail came down $20 to $70 on nine of ten intermodal lanes; Continental to Alameda was the one rise, at $25. It still beats truck by $1,190 to $4,915 on eight lanes. Houston to NJ and New Orleans to NJ remain the exceptions where truck is the cheaper move. One scheduling note: on this week's quote pass, Wednesday rail pickups out of Houston to NJ, Houston to Alameda and New Orleans to NJ priced $422, $227 and $582 higher than Thursday and Friday, and Alameda to NJ rail was sold out for Wednesday. Book those for Thursday or Friday.

ORIGIN DESTINATION TRUCKLOAD WK/WK INTERMODAL WK/WK
Continental, NJ Dupuy / Cadeco, Houston $5,065 ▼ $385 as low as $3,415 ▼ $35
Continental, NJ Annex / Royal Oak, Alameda $7,425 ▲ $150 as low as $3,975 ▲ $25
Continental, NJ Green Room, Seattle $9,095 ▲ $430 as low as $4,180 ▼ $40
RPM Sparrows Point, MD Annex / Royal Oak, Alameda $6,655 ▼ $535 as low as $4,415 ▼ $35
RPM Sparrows Point, MD Costa Oro, Portland $7,980 ▼ $85 as low as $5,445 ▼ $45
Dupuy / Cadeco, Houston Continental, NJ $5,110 ▼ $65 as low as $5,340 ▼ $45
Dupuy / Cadeco, Houston Dupuy, New Orleans $1,665 ▼ $5 N/A  
Dupuy / Cadeco, Houston Annex / Royal Oak, Alameda $4,740 ▼ $645 as low as $3,550 ▼ $20
Dupuy, New Orleans Dupuy / Cadeco, Houston $1,355 ▲ $50 N/A  
Dupuy, New Orleans Continental, NJ $4,425 ▼ $230 as low as $8,570 ▼ $70
Annex / Royal Oak, Alameda Continental, NJ $10,085 ▲ $60 as low as $5,990 ▼ $55
Annex / Royal Oak, Alameda Green Room, Seattle $3,740 ▼ $125 N/A  
Annex / Royal Oak, Alameda Costa Oro, Portland $3,120 ▼ $105 N/A  
Green Room, Seattle Continental, NJ $9,045 ▼ $110 as low as $4,800 ▼ $45
Green Room, Seattle Annex, Alameda $2,020 ▼ $180 N/A  
Annex / Royal Oak, Alameda Seaforth, Vancouver BC $5,100 ▲ $420 N/A  
Green Room, Seattle Seaforth, Vancouver BC $940 ▼ $25 N/A  

Truckload = per load, dry van, fuel included. Intermodal = lowest available pickup-day rate for the week, per load. “N/A” = no intermodal service currently offered on that lane. WK/WK = change vs. our last published index (week of October 5).

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