The seller complained to the Ministry of Transport: the container was stranded for a month and the cost increased fourfold...

Since the outbreak of the epidemic, logistics timeliness and freight have become the focus of cross-border people. Since last year, the freight and timeliness of sea and air transportation have skyrocketed, and the situation has become more and more serious ...

Because shipping time and freight rates fluctuate frequently, the Ministry of Transport has also paid attention to this matter. Recently, the Chinese government published a reply from the Ministry of Transport to netizens about "shipping containers being stranded and costs soaring". From the comments, we can see that foreign trade people really have it too hard!

It is understood that the seller is doing business exporting to Poland. He said: "Under normal circumstances, the sea freight time takes about 38 days, and the total cost including customs clearance is about RMB 10,000. But now, the sea freight has soared, and the cost of a small container has tripled and quadrupled. "

In addition, he said: "Not only that, now our containers shipped from Qingdao Port have to stay in Chinese ports for more than a month. Even if the plan is not delayed, it will take at least 70 days to reach Poland. Moreover, shipping companies are now picky about goods and arrival ports. Business that was not a problem before is now stuck because of shipping problems. "

In response, the Ministry of Transport stated that ports in the United States, Europe and other places have experienced severe congestion since the fourth quarter of 2020. For example, the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which are the most congested in the United States, currently have more than 30 container ships waiting to berth, and 85% of the ships need to anchor for at least 8 days before they can operate.

Due to congestion at foreign ports, the logistics supply chain is disrupted and the efficiency is reduced, resulting in large-scale delays in container liner schedules . The on-time rate has dropped from more than 70% to about 20% at present; container cargoes are stranded at the terminal for up to 2 months. The current round of tight shipping capacity, shortage of empty containers, and rising freight rates have become global problems.

It is reported that from last year to this year, the global situation of container shortage, overload, abandoned containers, port hopping and crazy freight rate increases has continued.

According to statistics from shipping consulting firm Drewry, global container freight volume in the first quarter of 2021 increased by nearly 9% year-on-year, and the average China Container Freight Index (CCFI) was 1960.99 points, an increase of 113.33% compared with the same period last year and 56.8% compared with the fourth quarter of last year!

Although freight rate fluctuations have become the norm, the trend of freight rate increases has not weakened at all, and a new wave of price increases is about to begin. It is understood that shipping companies are preparing a new wave of price increases - shipowners on the trans-Pacific route are preparing to issue a significant freight rate increase notice ( GRI), which will take effect on June 1.

Under the background of the global epidemic, there are still many uncertainties in the world economy and trade, which brings great challenges to the shipping market. At present, various ports in my country are actively responding to the impact of the epidemic on cargo shipping. In addition, it is recommended that cross-border e-commerce sellers should make emergency logistics plans to reduce unnecessary losses.

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