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Recently, shipping giants Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, and CMA CGM have successively issued announcements announcing an increase in shipping prices. Routes include Latin America, Europe, the Mediterranean, the Black Sea and even near-ocean routes, with many routes increasing by about $1,000 to $2,000. From June to August every year is the peak export season in the mainland, what is the impact of the rise in freight rates on the upstream and downstream?
Mao Wenbing is the person in charge of a clothing Co., Ltd. in Yiwu, Zhejiang, and his company mainly produces yoga clothes and sports underwear. Summer is coming, with the increase in demand, enterprises have received a lot of orders, but now shipments have become a big problem. Mao Wenbing said that it is now difficult to book shipping space, and prices continue to rise, which has brought a lot of pressure to enterprises.
The relevant person in charge of a freight forwarding company in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, said that in recent times, they have received thousands of calls every day, some of which have booked space and some have asked about prices.
Yu Miao, deputy general manager of an international freight forwarding company in Zhejiang: It may have been more than 3,000 US dollars last month, but now it has risen to more than 6,000 US dollars.
In the warehouse of a freight forwarding company in Shanghai, although a lot of goods are being shipped, one of the warehouses is still full of goods. It is understood that nearly seventy percent of the goods are stored in these warehouses, but the rise in sea freight has caught many people off guard, and many shippers have begun to adjust their shipping plans.
Gao Shi Dehuai, director of the port front business department of an international freight forwarding company in Shanghai: The space in early June has not been booked, and it may take at least a month in advance to get the corresponding space.
In the first four months of this year, domestic exports of new containers increased sharply
The continuous rise in sea freight has greatly increased the pressure on many downstream enterprises. Fearing that prices will rise higher, many shippers want to ship as soon as possible, resulting in a large increase in shipments in recent times, and the demand for containers has also increased rapidly.
At a container manufacturer in the Lianyungang Economic and Technological Development Zone in Jiangsu Province, there is a long queue of trucks that come to deliver newly made containers. As soon as these containers are produced, they are immediately transported to the port for loading and going to sea. The relevant person in charge of the company said that in the recent period, their factory has to transport nearly 500 containers every day.
Wang Lichao, deputy manager of the production equipment department of a container enterprise in Lianyungang, Jiangsu: Since the first quarter, the company's output has doubled compared with the same period last year. At the same time, the current order schedule has reached the third quarter of this year.
In the yard of another container manufacturer in Beilun, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, customs officers are inspecting a batch of newly made containers that are about to be exported, while the company's production line is also busy. After cold working, welding, painting, etc., a new container is shipped. The relevant person in charge of the company said that since March, their order volume has surged. Now their monthly production capacity is 33,000, which is basically at full capacity.
Zhang Zhuohui, assistant general manager of a shipping wheel equipment Co., Ltd. in Ningbo, Zhejiang: The overall speed is about 90 seconds to produce a box. We didn't expect the follow-up orders to be so hot, and now they are basically full by the end of October.
Zhang Zhuohui said that the reason why the demand for new container orders is so strong is that on the one hand, the number of new ships launched this year is large, and on the other hand, the international situation and other reasons have also caused a shortage of containers.
Zhang Zhuohui, assistant general manager of a shipping equipment Co., Ltd. in Ningbo, Zhejiang: The new water volume this year is 2 million TEU (standard containers), so it will lead to a synchronous increase in new containers. Container ships circumnavigate Africa, causing the route to be lengthened.
According to the statistics obtained by the reporter from the customs of multiple ports, the export volume of newly made containers in the first quarter has doubled.
Zhou Fei, Deputy Chief of the Comprehensive Business Section of the Yongcheng Office of Beilun Customs under Ningbo Customs: From January to April this year, the total import and export value of Ningbo Port reached 782.78 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.6%. Among them, the growth of container exports is particularly obvious, from January to April, Ningbo port container exports of 115,000, an increase of 9.5 times.
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