Drewry’s World Container Index increased 4% to $1,822 per 40ft container this week.
Our detailed assessment for Thursday, 30 Oct 2025
- The Drewry World Container Index (WCI) increased 4% to $1,822 per 40ft container. This is the third straight week of increase, following a prolonged decline over 17 consecutive weeks.
- Spot rates from Shanghai to Los Angeles increased 6% to $2,438 per 40ft container and those to New York rose 4% to $3,568. Drewry expects a slight rate increase next week, driven by the implementation of GRIs on 1 November. However, this momentum is likely to be short-lived, with rates expected to decline soon after.
- Spot rates from Shanghai to Rotterdam increased 3% to $1,795 per 40ft container and from Shanghai to Genoa rose 5% to $1,955. Carriers on the Asia–Europe trade route are trying to push spot rates up by introducing increased FAK rates effective from 1 November in an attempt to elevate spot rates before the start of the new annual contract negotiation season.
- Drewry’s Container Forecaster expects the supply-demand balance to weaken in the next few quarters, which will cause spot rates to contract.
If you need spot market container freight rate information on other routes to those above, find out more about our Container Freight Rate Insight (CFRI) online service, which covers 6,700 global port pairs updated monthly (2,450 updated fortnightly).
Source: Drewry
