New ConTex

A benchmark for the container market

The ConTex (Container Ship Time Charter Assessment Index) has been published by the Hamburg and Bremen Shipbrokers’ Association (VHBS) since October 2007. In May 2010 the Index has been expanded and renamed to New ConTex.
The New ConTex is a company-independent Index of time charter rates for container ships. It is based on assessments of the current day charter rates of six selected container ship types, which are representative of their size categories: Type 1.100 TEU and Type 1.700 TEU with a charter period of one year, and the Types 2.500, 2.700, 3.500 and 4.250 TEU all with a charter period of two years.
Since August 2011 the New ConTex includes not only the present, well-known data but also market estimates of the participating panelists on ship types 2.500 TEU (geared), 2.700 TEU (gearless), 3.500 TEU (gearless) and 4.250 TEU (gearless) on the basis of charter periods of 12 months. Starting on 2nd of Oktober 2013 the VHBS started to publish shorter charter periods of only 6 months for the ship classes 1,100 TEU (geared) and 1,700 TEU (geared).
This is an additional service on top of the original composition and assessment basis of the New ConTex Index, which will continue to be published in its present form. The purpose of this wider coverage is to give an even more accurate picture of market development.

Full information, e.g. the history of the rates, is free of charge for the panelists and the members of the association.

 

 

New ConTex - all rates in USD($)

Chart - Logo New Contex Additional Information
6 months 12 months 24 months 12 months 6 months
date Type 1100 Type 1700 Type 2500 Type 2700 Type 3500 Type 4250 ConTex Type 2500 Type 2700 Type 3500 Type 4250 Type 5700 Type 6500 Type 1100 Type 1700 Type 1800
14.03.2024 9.107 12.593 16.448 17.566 21.610 25.455 736 14.234 15.230 18.415 21.535 33.639 40.550 8.434 11.359 14.745
12.03.2024 9.098 12.498 16.398 17.502 21.463 25.365 733 14.066 15.089 18.228 21.360 33.539 40.322 8.407 11.277 14.591
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