The Counterattack of The Epidemic Has Caused Many Ports to Fall, And Freight Rates Have Soared

An outbreak occurred in Yantian Port, Shenzhen! Dock trailers may be affected!

According to a CCTV news report, on January 7, during the regular nucleic acid test of employees in key industries in Shenzhen, 2 cases of positive infection of the new coronavirus were found. In order to prevent the spread of the epidemic, Shenzhen has strengthened travel control!

Bao'an Airport announced that from 24:00 on January 7, all personnel entering the airport terminal and the terminal building of the airport must hold a 48-hour negative nucleic acid test certificate. The Shekou Cruise Home Port requires that those who really need to leave Shenzhen must hold a negative nucleic acid test report within 48 hours. The implementation time is also at 24:00 on January 7. The airport bus station will be suspended from January 7th, and the recovery time will be subject to the epidemic prevention policy.

In the middle of the night of January 7th, the "E-Logistics Yantian" platform issued an announcement on "Epidemic Prevention Measures for Outward Tow Drivers Entering the Wharf". Except for the handover procedures and emergency situations, do not get off the car unless it is necessary to reduce the risk of exposure.

At present, many areas affected by the epidemic have tightened control, and some areas have suspended operations and operations. Chemical industry chain companies in many areas in China have also issued notices of suspension of production and maintenance, and began to do the finishing work at the end of the year. Even the logistics and transportation companies We have also announced the date of stopping orders, reminding everyone to hurry up to place orders and deliver.

On January 5, Shandong Rongchang Logistics Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dawn Group, issued a letter saying that due to the rebound of the epidemic, some areas have closed cities, closed roads, and stopped production and production. Will be discontinued! At the same time, it is said that this year's logistics outage is indeed earlier than in previous years.

Looking at it now, affected by various factors such as the epidemic situation, the outage time of various logistics companies may be more and more advanced. All bosses who have stocking needs, please pay more attention!

The confirmed rate of workers in the western United States reached 67%, and the freight rate rose again!

The impact of the domestic epidemic on the port is still under control, but the confirmed rate of dock workers in the West American port has actually reached 67%, making the congestion even worse! The re-emergence of the epidemic has adversely affected the economic recovery, and transportation demand remains high into the new year!

According to statistics, Drewry's latest composite world container index rose 1.1% to US$9,408.81 per 40-foot container, still 80% higher than the same period last year. Among them, Shanghai-Los Angeles and Shanghai-New York freight rates rose 3% to $10,520 and $13,518 per 40-foot box, respectively. Prices in Shanghai-Rotterdam and Shanghai-Genoa are hovering around the levels of previous weeks. Drewry expects rates to climb in the coming week due to the Lunar New Year.

In addition, on January 7, the Shanghai Export Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) released by the Shanghai Shipping Exchange exceeded 5,100 points for the first time and reached 5,109.60 points, an increase of 62.94 points over the previous issue.

Due to a serious shortage of capacity/equipment, the space is tight. The freight peak before the Spring Festival further pushed up the priority transportation price, and some carriers slightly raised the price in the first half of January. In view of the arrival of the traditional peak season of the Spring Festival, it is expected that the price increase may also be implemented in the second half of January.