Drewry: World Container Index at $4,526 per 40ft box, up 4% on transpacific rates
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Drewry's World Container Index composite stood at $4,526 per 40ft container in the assessment for 20 August 2026. Drewry put Shanghai to Rotterdam at $4,401, Shanghai to Genoa at $4,955 and Shanghai to Los Angeles at $6,802 per 40ft. Drewry said the composite rose 4% on the week, its third straight rise, driven by the Transpacific. It said the US-Iran memorandum on the Strait of Hormuz had expired without a lasting resolution and that some carriers were resuming selected Red Sea and Suez transits. Against Drewry's 5 October 2023 assessment of $1,389.5, the composite was up 226% (our calculation from Drewry's figures). Asia-Europe rates were falling while transpacific rates kept rising.
- When
- 20 August 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 $4,526 per 40ft box, up 4% on transpacific rates", ev-20261028-8vhp, revision 1, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261028-8vhp/