<p data-path-to-node="2" id="p-rc_3dd5d0ad54640fff-56" style="font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;"><b data-path-to-node="2" data-index-in-node="0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">LONDON</b><span class="citation-60 citation-end-60" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"> — Drewry’s World Container Index (WCI) recorded a modest 1% increase to $4,297 per 40-foot container (FEU), halting a three-week downward slide driven by mixed movements across major East-West trade corridors.<source-footnote ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" _nghost-ng-c717954970="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><sup _ngcontent-ng-c717954970="" class="superscript" data-turn-source-index="4" style="line-height: 1.15 !important; font-size: 16px !important; background-color: transparent !important;"><!----></sup></source-footnote></span><sources-carousel-inline ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" _nghost-ng-c2510184733="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"> <source-inline-chip _ngcontent-ng-c2510184733="" _nghost-ng-c615924515="" class="ng-star-inserted" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----></source-inline-chip><!----><!----><!----></sources-carousel-inline></p><p data-path-to-node="3" style="font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;">While general rate increases (GRIs) and resilient peak-season volumes supported upward ticks on specific Transpacific legs—such as Shanghai to New York and Los Angeles—spot freight rates on key Asia-to-US and select European routes experienced localized easing as carriers adjusted capacity and deployed additional loaders to absorb early-autumn inventory replenishments.</p><p data-path-to-node="4" id="p-rc_3dd5d0ad54640fff-57" style="font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;">Shipping analysts note that despite the slight stabilization of the benchmark index, baseline container freight rates remain significantly elevated compared to historical averages. <span class="citation-59 citation-end-59" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">Ongoing port congestion across central and southern China, combined with lingering geopolitical supply chain friction and active capacity management through blank sailings, continue to keep global spot pricing volatile as the industry moves deeper into the third-quarter peak shipping window.<source-footnote ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" _nghost-ng-c717954970="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><sup _ngcontent-ng-c717954970="" class="superscript" data-turn-source-index="5" style="line-height: 1.15 !important; font-size: 16px !important; background-color: transparent !important;"><!----></sup></source-footnote></span><sources-carousel-inline ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" _nghost-ng-c2510184733="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"></sources-carousel-inline></p>
World Container Index Stabilizes at $4,297 as Asia–US Rates Ease
While general rate increases (GRIs) and resilient peak-season volumes supported upward ticks on specific Transpacific legs—such as Shanghai to New York and Los Angeles—spot freight rates on key Asia-to-US and select European routes experienced localized easing as carriers adjusted capacity and deployed additional loaders to absorb early-autumn inventory replenishments.
