Long-term rates for reefer containers from the US West Coast to the Far East are at their "highest ever level" according to a recent report from Xeneta.
Xeneta最近的一份報告顯示，從美國西海岸到遠東的冷藏集裝箱長期合同價格正處于“有史以來的最高水準”。
The ocean and air freight rate benchmarking and market intelligence platform said the average rate for all valid contracts stands at US$5,850 per 40' reefer on May 15.
海運和空運運價基準和市場情報平台表示，5月15日，所有有效合同的平均運價為每40尺冷藏箱5850美元。
Long term rates rose nearly by US$2,000 in April, as last year's long term contracts ran out and were replaced by higher rates on long term contracts covering the next twelve months, it added.
該公司補充稱，長期合同價格在今年四月份上漲了将近2000美元，這直接導緻去年的長期合同價格到期後在未來的12個月中将不得不使用更高的價格來運作。
Xeneta said the vast majority of long term contracts on this trade last 12 months, the majority of which run from the start of April to the end of the following March.
Xeneta表示，這項交易的絕大多數長期合同持續12個月，其中大部分合同從4月初到次年3月底。
It added that the average rate for 12-month contracts running from Q2 2022 to the end of Q1 2023 is US$5,945 per 40' reefer, up by almost 60% from the 12-month contracts which ended on March 31 last year.
該公司補充說，從2022年第二季度到2023年第一季度末的12個月合同的平均費率為每40尺冷藏箱5945美元，比去年3月31日結束的12個月合同上漲了近60%。
"In contrast to what we have seen on many of the major dry trades, signing a 12-month contract on this reefer trade doesn't offer a discount compared to a 3-month contract," Peter Sand, chief analyst, Xeneta said, noting that of the contracts starting in April this year, the average rate for contracts with a 3-month validity is more than US$2,000 per container, cheaper than the average rate for contracts lasting 12 months.
Xeneta首席分析師Peter Sand表示：“與我們在許多主要幹貨貿易中看到的情況不同，簽訂一份為期12個月的冷藏貿易合同與簽訂一份為期3個月的合同相比，并沒有任何折扣。”他指出，在今年4月開始的合同中，有效期為3個月的合同的平均費率超過每集裝箱2000美元，低于12個月合同的平均價格。
"The long-term rates being signed are considerably higher than current rates on the spot market, which have, in fact, never been as high as long-term rates are currently," Sand added.
Sand補充道：“正在簽署的長期利率遠高于現貨市場的目前利率，事實上，現貨市場的利率從來沒有像目前的長期利率那麼高。”。
Xeneta noted in the report that on May 14, the spot rate for a reefer container from the US West Coast to the Far East was US$5,050, flat since the start of the year and almost US$900 lower than the average rate for long term contracts from the past three months.
Xeneta在報告中指出，5月14日，從美國西海岸到遠東的冷藏集裝箱現貨價格為5050美元，與年初持平，幾乎比過去三個月的長期合同平均價格低900美元。
However, the market intelligence platform noted that as the spot market develops, most shippers on the long term market will be paying these high rates until it comes to looking at contracts starting in Q2 2023.
然而，市場情報平台指出，随着現貨市場的發展，長期市場上的大多數托運人将支付這些高費率，直到2023年第二季度開始考慮新合同的開始。
"The higher rates come despite a very poor start to the year in terms of export volumes," Xeneta said.
Xeneta表示：“盡管今年年初出口量非常糟糕，但市場價格仍然居高不下。”
In the first quarter of 2022, the number of reefer containers exported from the US West Coast to the Far East was down 37%.
2022年第一季度，從美國西海岸出口到遠東的冷藏集裝箱數量事實上下降了37%。
On the long-term market, Xeneta said rates for reefers are US$4,300 more expensive than dry containers, while on the spot market, the premium stands at US$3,850 on May 14.
Xeneta表示，在長期市場上，冷藏集裝箱的價格比幹集裝箱高4300美元，而在現貨市場上，5月14日的溢價為3850美元。
Xeneta noted that a year ago, the difference between dry and reefer containers was US$2,500 on both the long and short-term markets.
而在一年前，Xeneta指出幹集裝箱和冷藏集裝箱在長期和短期市場上的差額隻有2500美元。
（Xeneta：是一家注冊在挪威，世界上最大的海運和空運運費基準和市場分析平台的建立者。）
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