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Drewry’s World Container Index Falls 4%

[ April 3, 2025   //   ]

Drewry, the maritime research and consultancy, said its World Container Index decreased 4 percent to USUS$2,168 per 40-foot equivalent unit, or FEU, the week of March 25.

The latest Drewry WCI composite index is 79 percent below the previous pandemic peak of USUS$10,377 in September 2021 but was 53 percent higher than the average 2019 (pre-pandemic) rate of USUS$1,420.

The average composite index for the year-to-date is USUS$3,053 per FEU, which is USUS$167 higher than the 10-year average rate of USUS$2,886 (inflated by the exceptional 2020-22 Covid period).

            Freight rates for Rotterdam to New York decreased 7 percent to US$2,162 per 40-footer, while rates from Los Angeles to Shanghai slipped 1 percent to $709 per 40-footer. New York to Rotterdam remained stable, Shanghai to Los Angeles fell 6 percent to US$2,487 per FEU and Shanghai to New York fell 4 percent to US$2,370.

            Drewry said it expects spot rates to decrease slightly in the coming week.

Drewry provides spot market container freight rate information on other routes to those above at its Container Freight Rate Insight online service, which covers about 790 global port pairs.

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