In the last several months of 2020, the ocean freight is increased incredible high. The sharp rebound of the epidemic was occurred in various regions of the world. Some countries have taken measures again to strengthen management and control. The demand for daily necessities and medical supplies has increased.
In addition, the traditional peak season for transportation has caused congestion in many ports. There has been a serious shortage of containers in routes such as Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Recently, the ocean freight rate is increased greatly. For example, the ocean freight from Yantian to Algeciras has reached as high as 10,000 USD.
A Maersk spokesperson said: “From July to October, all containers that can be found have been rented out, but the leasing market has been’dried up’ and there is no container to make up.
It’s about 750,000 empty containers from June to October this year in Qingdao Port. It’s decrease of 18% compared with the same time of last year. It can be said that the box is hard to find. Now we all are preparing for the export Christmas season. The speed of empty container circulation is too important.
About the situation of container was decreased year by year, since the policy of “one belt one road”. While it’s blooming this special period. So the direct affect is increasing the ocean freight. The requirement is much higher than the supplement.
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