Drewry: World Container Index at $2,172 per 40ft box, up 2%, as Hormuz disruption lifts fuel surcharges
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Drewry's World Container Index composite stood at $2,172 per 40ft container in the assessment for 19 March 2026. Drewry put Shanghai to Rotterdam at $2,478, Shanghai to Genoa at $3,108 and Shanghai to Los Angeles at $2,591 per 40ft. Drewry said the composite rose 2% on the week, its third straight rise, and linked the trend to disrupted tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz after US and Israeli strikes on Iran. It reported that CMA CGM raised its emergency fuel surcharge from $150 to $265 per TEU from 16 March, and that OOCL, COSCO and Maersk added temporary emergency bunker surcharges. Against Drewry's 5 October 2023 assessment of $1,389.5, the composite was up 56% (our calculation from Drewry's figures). The war hit container rates mainly through fuel costs and Gulf port access rather than through main-lane capacity.
- When
- 19 March 2026
- Where
- Global container shipping, No single country
- What
- market
- Attribution
- Not attributed
- In the record
- Published 2026-10-28 16:30 UTC · revision 1 · backfilled
Sources
- Evidence Hellenic Shipping News
History
| When | Field | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-28 16:30 UTC | status | null | reported | P1 backfilled: researched from cited sources and graded by the one rule |
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The War Record, "Drewry: World Container Index at $2,172 per 40ft box, up 2%, as Hormuz disruption lifts fuel surcharges", ev-20261028-7yft, revision 1, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261028-7yft/