1. Report Industry Investment Rating - Not provided in the given content 2. Core View of the Report - The macro - expectations and the expectations of price increase letters are driving the strong performance of futures contracts. The 12 - month contract is expected to first trade on the price increase expectations, then the actual implementation of price increase letters. The 2026 February contract may have a large expectation gap but is currently suppressed by the resumption of navigation expectations. The 12 - month contract is expected to be in an upward - trending oscillation, and the valuation ceiling may be around 2100 - 2200 points [1][4][5] 3. Summary by Relevant Catalogs 3.1 Market Analysis - Online quotes show different price levels for various shipping companies on the Shanghai - Rotterdam route. For example, Gemini Cooperation's Maersk has different quotes for the 45th and 46th weeks, and many shipping companies have different quotes for the first and second half - months of November [1][2] - Geopolitical events: Israeli Defense Minister Katz stated that the Israeli military has killed dozens of Hamas commanders and attacked dozens of infrastructure targets since the 28th [2] 3.2 Dynamic Supply - The weekly average capacity from China to European base ports in October is 324,100 TEU, 283,900 TEU in November, and 321,800 TEU in December. There are 8 blank sailings and 3 TBNs in November, and 5 TBNs in December [3] 3.3 12 - Month Contract - The 12 - month contract focuses on the rhythm of trading. First, it trades on the price increase expectations, then the actual implementation of price increase letters. The 11 - month first - half actual implementation prices are gradually being revised downwards. It is expected that there will be three rounds of price increase letters by the time of the 12 - month contract delivery. If each round of price increase letters is implemented at 300 US dollars/FEU, the price in the second half of December may reach 3000 US dollars/FEU, and the valuation ceiling of the 12 - month contract may be around 2100 - 2200 points [4] 3.4 2026 February Contract - The 2026 February contract may have a large expectation gap but is currently suppressed by the resumption of navigation expectations. Whether the shipping companies' contract - signing and price - holding time will be postponed is uncertain. If the high price is implemented in January 2026, the February contract price may be higher than the 12 - month contract price [5][6] 3.5 Strategy - For the single - side trading, the 12 - month contract is expected to be in an upward - trending oscillation. There is no current strategy for arbitrage [8] 3.6 Other Data - As of October 29, 2025, the total open interest of all container shipping index European line futures contracts is 65,807 lots, and the single - day trading volume is 46,921 lots. The closing prices of different contracts such as EC2602, EC2604, etc. are provided. The SCFI prices for different routes on October 24 and the SCFIS prices on October 27 are also given [6] - In 2025, it is still a big year for container ship deliveries. As of October 26, 2025, 215 container ships have been delivered, with a total capacity of 1.7618 million TEU [7]