The global pandemic of New Crown Pneumonia (CCP virus) has disrupted the international shipping market with a global shortage of cargo containers. Mainland media reported that some international shipping routes have now tripled to 10 times more than the same period last year, although the rate of increase narrowed this year, but still at a high level.
The report pointed out that, according to the Chinese and foreign trade enterprises, China to Europe route prices rose nearly 3 times over the same period last year, China to the United States route prices rose more than 4 times, and China to the Red Sea, Aden and other individual routes rose as much as 10 times.
For the international capacity tension problem is difficult to ease the reason, the report analysis lists three reasons, respectively, for the Epidemic caused by the port operation rate decline, a large number of containers stranded; chartering box prices soared, international shipping companies to expand capacity will be insufficient; and shipping industry is highly concentrated, the international large container shipping companies to master the bargaining power. In addition, foreign trade enterprises often need to pay the change order fee, booking to take consumption, etc., but also need to pay the middleman fee week to book the space, thus increasing the cost of enterprises.
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