CCTV/Nanjing Customs: Taicang Port auto exports hit 1.08 million in Jan-Sep, first time above 1 million

Drewry WCI falls 2% to $4,351/40ft (8 Oct): SHA-LA $7,624, SHA-NY $10,220, SHA-Rotterdam $3,337

Drewry's World Container Index assessment for 8 October 2026 put the composite at US$4,351 per 40ft, down 2% week on week as Golden Week softened China export demand. Shanghai-Los Angeles fell 3% to $7,624; Shanghai-New York fell 2% to $10,220; Shanghai-Rotterdam fell 2% to $3,337; Shanghai-Genoa was unchanged at $3,696. Drewry counted four Transpacific blanks for the following week (down from eleven) and six Asia-Europe blanks (up from five), and expects rates broadly stable in the near term.

China News/Hangzhou Customs: Yixin'ou China-Europe rail hits 200,460 TEU year-to-date through 7 Oct

China News Service (8 Oct 2026, Hangzhou) cites Hangzhou Customs: through 7 October, Zhejiang's Yixin'ou China-Europe rail service had handled 200,460 TEU of import and export containers year-to-date, crossing 200,000 TEU. The network runs 27 stable routes to more than 160 cities in over 50 countries and regions, with outbound volume leading the Yangtze River Delta. Hangzhou Customs said Jan-Aug inland-rail freight deductions for shippers totaled RMB 8.5082 million.

China News: Ningbo-Zhoushan container berth waits back to about 1 day; Sep handled 4.27m TEU

China News Service (11 Oct 2026, Ningbo) reports that as of 9 October, Ningbo-Zhoushan Port's average container-vessel berth wait had returned to about one day, a normal level, with daily handled and waiting vessel counts in dynamic balance and some terminals offering direct berthing. In September the port worked 1,926 container ship calls and handled 4.27 million TEU (+11.5% YoY, +15% MoM). Jan-Sep throughput reached 34.666 million TEU (+6.8% YoY).

Zhenjiang opens first direct service to Guinea: Zhonggu 1 sails 476 pieces of project cargo to Morebaya

Xinhua Daily (via Tonghuashun, 10 Oct 2026) reports that on 30 September, under Zhenjiang Customs supervision, the vessel Zhonggu 1 (中谷1) left Zhenjiang Port’s Dagang terminal with 476 pieces of steel structures, drills, generator sets and related cargo bound for Morebaya, Guinea—Zhenjiang’s first direct export sailing to Guinea. Using the port’s river–sea hub and deep-water anchorage, hinterland cargo can reach Zhenjiang by inland waterway without coastal-hub detours; operators say transit fall