Harpex index & the Recurve tool for getting long-term data
29 May 2021 at 13:21
Yet another use of the Recurve tool available with GID @ https://gen-img-dec.sourceforge.io/ or https://github.com/zertovitch/gid : the long-term reconstruction of the Harpex index, which tracks worldwide container shipping prices.
The Harpex chart since 2001 is available for free on the Harper Petersen & Co Web site, but the data is freely available only for the last 3 years.
Solution: use the Recurve tool for digitizing the long-term chart till 2018.
Bonus: I've found an article with a Harpex chart from 1995 to 2010. Another opportunity to apply Recurve!All in all (two digitized charts, plus data since 2018):
ย
For a full walk-through about using Recurve, see this article.