The boxship charter market is heading for an unusually busy year end, with healthy demand buoying fixtures for vessels of between 1,100 teu and 4,250 teu and rates now 30% higher than they were at this time last year.

Activity is busiest for ships of 1,700-teu capacity. Twelve-month charters have risen to about $8,610 per day, up nearly $2,000 per day, according to New ConTex.