Drewry: World Container Index at $4,530 per 40ft box, up 9% in a week
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Drewry's World Container Index composite stood at $4,530 per 40ft container in the assessment for 2 July 2026. Drewry put Shanghai to Rotterdam at $4,682, Shanghai to Genoa at $6,360 and Shanghai to Los Angeles at $6,349 per 40ft. Drewry said the composite rose 9% on the week. It said an interim US-Iran agreement had allowed the Strait of Hormuz to reopen with traffic recovering, but that security risks stayed high after escort operations were suspended following an attack on a containership near Oman. Against Drewry's 5 October 2023 assessment of $1,389.5, the composite was up 226% (our calculation from Drewry's figures). The composite was more than three times its October 2023 level.
- When
- 2 July 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 $4,530 per 40ft box, up 9% in a week", ev-20261028-syps, revision 1, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261028-syps/