Indices régionaux du fret Shanghai → Afrique, base 100 au 3 juillet 2026. Source : CEVA Logistics, calculs SolarBrief.Africa.
Indices régionaux du fret Shanghai → Afrique, base 100 au 3 juillet 2026. Source : CEVA Logistics, calculs SolarBrief.Africa.

As at 30 October 2026, compared with the end of September:

Taux spot Shanghai → port fin octobre 2026, en $ par conteneur 40' HC, avec les variations sur un mois et sur un an. Source : CEVA Logistics, calculs SolarBrief.Africa.
Taux spot Shanghai → port fin octobre 2026, en $ par conteneur 40' HC, avec les variations sur un mois et sur un an. Source : CEVA Logistics, calculs SolarBrief.Africa.

$5,691 per container on average, up 4.3 per cent month-on-month – the first monthly increase since records began. The low was reached on 9 October ($5,300): the price has rebounded by 7.4 per cent in three weeks. Based on the monthly average ($5,481), October remains down by 1.9 per cent. Year-on-year, the increase stands at 57.9 per cent.

Cape Town soars: up 32.9 per cent to $5,548. Along with Toamasina (+6.7%), Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean now boast the highest regional sub-index (130.7, up 18.5% over the month).

A near-universal rise: Port Said +8.6 per cent, Abidjan +5.7 per cent, Mombasa +3.5 per cent, Lagos +3.4 per cent, Casablanca +3.3 per cent. North Africa (+6.1 per cent) and West Africa (+4.5 per cent) have been recovering from their lows.

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Djibouti was the only port to see a fall: −11.6 per cent to $8,146. The port remains the most expensive in the basket (+128 per cent year-on-year). Abidjan has become the cheapest destination ($4,794).