Xinhua News Agency, June 9, 2010. A reporter from the Financial Associated Press learned from the Ningbo Shipping Exchange today that the Ningbo Export Container Freight Index (NCFI) of the Maritime Silk Road Index reported 688.7 points today, down 7.2% from last week. The freight index of 16 of the 21 routes fell. Among them, the freight rate pushed up by the liner company of the North American route at the beginning of the month fell back quickly because the market shipping demand was lower than expected. Data show that this week's freight index of US-East routes was 781.8 points, down 13.4% from last week, while that of US-West routes was 783.3 points, down 16.7% from last week (Hu Haoqiong, reporter of the Financial Associated Press)