The freight rate has risen to US$ 10,000, and it is still hard to find a box without a cabinet! Many

Due to the sharp rebound of epidemic situation in various regions of the world, some countries have taken measures again to strengthen control, and the demand for daily necessities and medical materials has increased. In addition, it is in the peak season of traditional transportation, which leads to congestion in many ports. In Asia-Europe, America, Africa and other routes, there is a serious shortage of containers and constant cabin explosion, which leads to a crazy increase in freight. Recently, the freight rate from Yantian to algeciras has reached 10000USD. Maersk spokesman said: "From July to October, all the containers that can be found have been rented out, but the rental market has dried up and there are no empty containers in the market." From June to October this year, Qingdao Port entered about 750,000 empty containers, which decreased by 18% year-on-year. It can be said that one container is hard to find, and now it is preparing for the export Christmas season, so the circulation speed of empty containers is too important. However, Maersk recently voiced that it will take a long time to restore the normal transportation status in the past. picture Maersk official notice During the epidemic, the ports around the world could not operate normally, which led to the unsmooth backflow of containers scattered around the world, resulting in the dilemma that it is hard to find a container in China and nowhere to place containers in Europe and America. In order to get back to the shipping schedule, and to transport empty containers from Europe and America back to Asia as soon as possible for export, shipping companies have tried their best not to take back the goods. At present, Qingdao, Ningbo and Shanghai in the Chinese market are short of empty containers. Freight forwarders are experiencing the high freight rate of 4000 in South America, 5000 in the East of the United States and 1000 in Southeast Asia overnight, and there is no cabin or cabinet; The berthing operation of ships is increasingly delayed, and the port continues to be under pressure. At present, the congestion in British ports is "unprecedented", which is expected to last until the beginning of 2021. During this period of sharp increase in imports, many British ports are facing the challenges of ship berthing delay and increased stay time, while the British port of Fei Liesto has announced that it will stop collecting empty containers, which has caused containers to spread from the country's ports and distribution centers to towns and villages. In view of the recent extensive congestion in British ports, mediterranean shipping company announced that it would impose congestion surcharges ranging from USD 50/TEU to USD 175/TEU on all containers exported to the UK. Australian ports are suffering from a large backlog of empty containers. It is estimated that the number of empty containers exceeds 50,000. In the US market, the West Coast port and Chicago are struggling to cope with the surge in imports, which has put the West Coast port facilities under tremendous pressure; On the other hand, although it is difficult for the American line to increase its price due to the intervention of the Ministry of Transport, it is not uncommon for shippers to increase their price automatically. The price of cabin fare ranges from US$ 950 to US$ 1,250, and because of the soaring freight rate, most shipping companies have refused to receive goods on their return trips to Europe and America, and they have returned to Asia with empty containers at full speed. Long-term congestion in Los Angeles and Long Beach ports is becoming more and more serious. The cargo transportation in the port is "nearly completely blocked"; Terminal productivity is reduced; The shortage of trailers leads to 10,000-15,000 containers being put on the dock, which seriously hinders the dock operation. And the current congestion has spread to railway transport companies. picture Due to the epidemic situation, the port is short of work, vehicles and frames, and the on-time rate of ships has dropped from 85% to 90% in June to 56% in September, with the average delay of five days, and the on-time rate is declining continuously. According to statistics, the waiting time of ports in the West Coast of the United States is 4-5 days, and that in Auckland, New Zealand is more than 10 days. During the epidemic, the ports around the world could not operate normally, which led to the unsmooth backflow of containers scattered around the world, resulting in the situation that it is hard to find a container in China and nowhere to place containers in Europe and America. The hard-to-find back of a cabinet is the high freight rate. At present, in order to seize the "prime time" of freight rates, many shipping companies refuse to receive goods in Europe and America, but rush back to Asia with empty containers at full speed. Rising freight rates, shortage of containers, warehouse explosion and port congestion are still high probability events, which will only get worse before holidays, and will probably last until Chinese New Year (this year's Spring Festival will come in February). Shipping companies levy various surcharges such as customs clearance fees He Beurotte said that the customs clearance fee will be adjusted from December 15th, and surcharges will be imposed on goods exported from China/Hong Kong, China, namely CNY300／/case and HKD300／/case respectively. The adjustment date of shipping company is as follows: HPL has adjusted the customs clearance fee since December 15 For intra-Asian trade, CNY (HKD) 300/case will be charged for customs clearance 5 days before sailing The rest of the routes will be charged CNY (HKD) 300/box for customs clearance 7 days before sailing On November 6 th, Wanhai Shipping began to charge 500 US dollars per box and 1,000 US dollars per large box for goods shipped to Southeast Asia in Shenzhen Port, which is equivalent to more than doubling the freight rate; Maersk, mediterranean shipping company, CMA CGM, etc., impose a surcharge of USD 200 to USD 300 on containers shipped to New Zealand from East Asia, including Taiwan Province. Hapag-Beurotte announced that the price of sailing from East Asia (excluding Japan) to Britain will be raised to US$ 5,190/FEU, the price of sailing to the Western Mediterranean will be raised to US$ 4,710/FEU, and the price will be raised to US$ 4,690/FEU to the northern mainland. Not only that, but also various congestion surcharges and peak season surcharges have been collected. Recently, the British ports have continued to be congested on a large scale. mediterranean shipping company announced that it will impose congestion surcharges ranging from US$ 50 to US$ 175/／TEU on all containers exported to the UK; CMA CGM announced that from November 15th, it will levy a peak season surcharge on all goods exported from Asia to Mediterranean and North Africa, with the standard of USD 300/／TEU and USD 600/／FEU. Dafei surcharge announcement.

Due to the strong demand for containers in Asia, from November 16th, CMA CGM will also levy a surcharge of USD 200 per container for 40-foot containers shipped from Asia to Africa. It mainly includes goods exported from Chinese mainland, Taiwan Province, Korea, the east coast of India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia. Dafei surcharge announcement In addition, due to the deteriorating port conditions, CMA CGM collected port emergency congestion surcharge (PCS) US$ 200/170/150 per unit from all over the world to Guinea on November 10th (loading date). picture The demand for imported Chinese goods is too great American exporters encounter container shortage According to the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, in the first 10 months of this year, China's import and export increased by 1.1% year-on-year, which was better than the growth of global trade. This fully reflects China's great foreign trade potential and sufficient resilience. At present, because the production capacity of many countries is in a state of paralysis, China, which is the first to get rid of the impact of the epidemic and the production is on the right track, has become the center of the world's factories in a short time. Orders from Southeast Asian countries such as Bangladesh, Vietnam and India have been transferred to China, and as a result, the number of goods shipped from China has surged. Data show that since July, China's container export volume has increased rapidly, and after October, the container throughput has a trend of further acceleration. According to the data released by the China Port Association, the container business in the coastal ports monitored in key areas has further accelerated. In October, the container throughput of the eight hub ports increased by 11.1% year-on-year, and the growth rate reached a new high this year. picture According to the American Wall Street Journal reported on the 15th, as American retailers began to stock up for the upcoming "holiday season", imports from Asia surged. In this case, American exporters are suffering from a serious shortage of transportation capacity. Nowadays, American agricultural producers are now trying to find an essential means of transportation-containers, in order to deliver their products to overseas buyers. According to industry insiders, in order to meet the strong demand of the United States for Chinese goods, container companies are unloading goods in a hurry and shipping empty containers back to Asia. But this makes the number of boxes that American exporters can use to hold soybeans, wood, cotton and other products less and less. Peter Friedmann, executive director of AgTC, said: "Now, we are trying to deal with the real emergency. The carrier refuses to take orders for trans-Pacific agricultural products export business and cancels the scheduled agricultural products export business. The United States is being shut out of foreign markets. " According to the report, this shortage is partly caused by the serious imbalance in the value of goods across the Pacific Ocean. For example, the goods imported by the United States from China include a large number of electronic products, clothing, toys and other manufactured goods; American exports are mainly concentrated in bulk agricultural products with low market value, as well as food and beverages. picture In the busy summer, the shortage of containers is not uncommon. However, this year's demand is even greater, rising sharply from the lowest point in history to the highest point in a few months, and the shortage has even spread to ports all over the world. For carriers, this means that, instead of waiting for the container to transit in the US inland for several weeks before returning to the coastal port, it is better to "rush back" the container directly to Asia, because it will be more profitable. Nils Haupt, spokesman of German container company Hapag-Beurotte AG, said: "The demand is driven by American consumers, who are ordering sports equipment, entertainment equipment and furniture. Ships shipped from China to the United States are already full, and there is a great demand for empty containers in China. We expect this situation to continue until the first quarter of next year. " According to the report, the epidemic caused the urban blockade to be prolonged, and the global trade volume plummeted. After that, the import tide of the United States rose in midsummer. Due to the rebound in consumer demand, large American retailers rushed to replenish the stocks exhausted during the epidemic earlier and began to import more goods from Asia to fill shelves and e-commerce warehouses. A global port tracking report shows that in September, major US ports received 2.11 million containers, an increase of 12.5% over the same period of last year, setting the highest monthly record since 2002. picture Gene Seroka, executive director of Los Angeles Port, said: "We have seen that in order to replenish stocks, more goods are imported than ever before, and their processing speed of these goods is not fast enough. Our containers are stacked six stories high, and the stay time at the dock has almost doubled to more than four days. This is a one-way street, and the empty box is the last one to be processed. " In the nearby Long Beach Port, 88,903 more empty containers were handled in October than the containers loaded with cargo. Cerroca said that the epidemic aggravated the situation, because the number of people working in warehouses and docks was getting smaller and smaller because of the restriction measures to keep social distance. Trade imbalance is affecting ports and shipping companies all over the world. In South Korea, government officials summoned the executives of container companies to warn them not to violate the contracts signed with Korean exporters. Earlier, there were complaints that empty boxes were sent to China against the background of rising freight rates in China. picture Freight forwarders in China and Singapore said that they have received a large number of requests for transporting export goods. A middleman in Shanghai said: "All empty containers (near Hong Kong) are booked by customers. We have not seen such a large demand for more than ten years. " As American retailers continue to purchase goods in record quantities, the industry expects that this imbalance and shortage of export equipment will continue throughout the American "holiday season". Steve Ferreira, CEO of Ocean Audit Inc, a new york consulting firm, said: "In the past, the shipping season was from August to early October, but this year's shipping season began in July and has continued until now."