reports on 9 October 2026 published the VHBS New ConTex Container Ship Time Charter Assessment Index for week 41, reporting a firm short-term charter market and measurable month-on-month gains for mid-sized container tonnage.
The item records that tonnage in the 1,700 to 3,500 TEU range posted increases between 1.6% and 3.1% over the month, citing data from the Verband Hamburger und Bremer Schiffsmakler e.V (VHBS).
The report’s summary characterises the charter market as remaining firm, with the monthly movements confined to the specified size band noted by VHBS.
VHBS supplied the percentage ranges and the precise TEU band that underpin the assessment, and those figures form the core factual finding of the week 41 note published by reports.
Where the gains were recorded
The published index highlights a clear, measurable rise in time charter assessments for ships rated between 1,700 TEU and 3,500 TEU. The increases are reported as ranging from 1.6% at the lower end to 3.1% at the upper end of that bracket, on a month-on-month basis.
Those values constitute the data points released to the market in the week 41 note and are attributed in the item to VHBS.
Market tone and short-term outlook
The concise summary line of the report describes the charter market as firm. That characterisation is the published assessment accompanying the ConTex index figures for week 41.
reports reproduced the VHBS findings in its 9 October 2026 posting, presenting the association’s assessment without additional elaboration.
The figures in the week 41 note therefore stand as the principal reported evidence for the current firmness of the charter market, limited in the published account to month-on-month movements for the specified tonnage band.
The week 41 note and its summary provide an immediate snapshot rather than a long-term trend analysis; the supplied figures are explicit about the affected size range and the percentage changes recorded over the month.
The item names VHBS (Verband Hamburger und Bremer Schiffsmakler e.V) as the source of the ConTex assessment and reports as the outlet that published the week 41 report on 9 October 2026.
The published data points, a 1.6% to 3.1% rise for vessels of 1,700 to 3,500 TEU, form the factual basis for the article’s conclusion that the charter market remains firm at this point in time.
A concise restatement: the week 41 ConTex assessment as presented on 9 October 2026 records month-on-month gains for 1,700–3,500 TEU tonnage of between 1.6% and 3.1%, and describes the charter market as remaining firm, with VHBS cited as the source of the index figures.
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