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Drewry’s World Container Index Rises 3%

[ April 11, 2025   //   ]

Drewry, the maritime research and consultancy, said its World Container Index rose 3 percent to USUS$2,265 per 40-foot equivalent unit, or FEU, the week of April 10.

The latest Drewry WCI composite index is 78 percent below the previous pandemic peak of USUS$10,377 in September 2021 but was 59 percent higher than the average 2019 (pre-pandemic) rate of USUS$1,420.

The average composite index for the year-to-date is USUS$2,944 per FEU, which is USUS$55 higher than the 10-year average rate of USUS$2,889 (inflated by the exceptional 2020-22 Covid period).

            Freight rates from Shanghai to Los Angeles rose 3 percent or US$89 to US$2,815 per FEU, while rates from Shanghai to New York improved 2 percent to US$3,976 per FEU. Rates from Rotterdam to New York increased 1 percent to US$2,153 per FEU, while rates from New York to Rotterdam decreased 1 percent to US$824 per FEU. Meanwhile, rates from Los Angeles to Shanghai remained stable. Drewry expects rates to increase in the coming weeks due to tariffs and reduced capacity.

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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