Remember the soybean boat that raced against time on July 6th? On the same day, China and the United States formally imposed tariffs on each other's $34 billion in goods. Before the last moment arrived, a cargo ship, the Peak Pegasus, loaded with tens of thousands of tons of American soybeans, rushed towards Dalian Port at the highest speed, hoping to make customs clearance at the port before the tariffs took effect, but unfortunately it failed to do so.
This piece of news like a joke also shows the urgency of shipments under the cloud of trade war.
As the Sino-US trade war continues to heat up, many foreign traders are rushing to ship goods to the United States to avoid the second wave of tax increases that the United States may begin to implement in September. On the other hand, in order to prevent the reduction in cargo volume caused by the Sino-US trade war, the three major maritime alliances have taken measures to withdraw routes and reduce flights.
In the week of July 27, the loading rate of Shanghai Airlines’ flights to the United States exceeded 95%, and some flights were even fully loaded. The freight rates (including ocean freight and ocean freight surcharges) for Shanghai’s exports to the basic ports of the West and East US markets were respectively Large boxes (40-foot containers) were US$1877 and US$2846, up 16.2% and 7.4% respectively from the previous week.
Last week (that is, August 3), the freight rate is still rising! According to data from the Shanghai Shipping Exchange, the freight rates of Shanghai's exports to the US West and East US basic ports were US$2,074 and US$3,099, up 10.5% and 8.9% respectively from the previous week!
Just two months ago, on June 15th, the freight rates for exports from Shanghai to the west and east of the US were US$1,266 and US$2,236 respectively. You can calculate how much it has risen. . .
The house leak happened in the night rain. Seeing that the freight was rising, some friends also encountered dumping cabinets!
You can understand the shipping company’s rejection of counters as the airline’s oversell. In order to ensure full load, the shipping company often releases more space than the actual space. In the case of a burst of space on a popular route, it is inevitable that some cabinets will be dumped.
Shipping companies generally have a choice about which cabinets they want to dump, not in a first-come-first-served order, but will give priority to the cabinets of customers who have lower freight rates, general relationships with the shipping company, or customers deemed unimportant by the shipping company. . If your cargo volume is small, if you have nothing to do with the shipping company, if your freight forwarding strength is not strong, then the probability of your cabinet being dumped will be higher.
This situation is actually a unilateral cause of the shipping company, but it will not bear this responsibility. Therefore, these shipping companies will not take care of the second customs declaration, delivery delay, or even customer claims or loss of customers.
Therefore, if you ship to the United States in the near future, especially if the delivery time is tight, please be careful to choose a strong freight forwarder. If the cabinet is really picked and will be dumped, a strong freight forwarder may be able to find a shipping company. Relevant personnel helped to apply for a safe deposit box, settled the fee, and finally was able to catch up with the ship. If it is true that the container is dropped due to the shipping company, you can apply for missing packaging to avoid a second customs declaration.
There was once such a case of a large increase in shipping costs due to dumping cabinets. It was the experience of netizen Alisa-cqq:
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The previous freight forwarders have been cooperating very well. Recently, I changed to a new freight forwarder, which is a freight forwarding company in Zhejiang. The four cabinets were quoted at 40HQ at the time, all-inclusive 1500, 20GP all-inclusive 1050 US dollars, EMC, two large and two small. 11.22 installed 2 high cabinets, 11.23 installed 2 small cabinets, 4 cabinets and a bill of lading, everything went well.
Then it didn't take long for the boss of the new freight forwarder to say that he had dumped the containers, and he could only take two, and he could not guarantee which two to go. The customer considered repeatedly deciding to reschedule all four cabinets and change the schedule to 12.4. The new freight forwarder mentioned that the ocean freight will increase in price during this period. At that time, it was communicated to help us communicate the price as much as possible, but there has been no news since then.
Then I kept urging the bill of lading until 12.24 until we said that the bill of lading was up to us to pay. At this time, the reconciliation began. The sea freight of 40HQ changed from 1500 to 2100 US dollars, and the 20GP one was changed from 1050 US dollars to 1500 US dollars. At that time, we were stupid. , 4 cabinets have gone up by 2100 US dollars together.
During the new freight forwarding period, we did not inform us of any expenses. At that time, our account had been settled with the customer, and it was settled at the previous price of 1500 and 1050D. We didn't know the cost increase until we got the bill of lading. The result of how the new freight forwarders communicated is one sentence: ocean freight has indeed risen so much.
We were very angry because no one told us the actual cost. The new freight forwarder said that their boss was busy and forgot to quote us. The final result is that after we paid the money, the new forwarder sent the bill of lading, and the cooperation naturally ended. With the demurrage fee, the company lost more than 16,000 in total.
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Professionals believe that the most likely cause of this incident is that unscrupulous freight forwarders first lowered the price to bring in customers, and then quoted the higher price. Because if it is due to the shipping company, the container can be missed, and there is no demurrage fee. If the freight changes, the freight forwarder is obliged to inform the price of the extended voyage.
The entry barrier of the freight forwarding industry is low, and the employees are different from good to bad. Therefore, when choosing a freight forwarding industry, remember not to be greedy for small gains and suffer big losses.
Please also note the following route adjustments:
The Alliance, which Yangming Shipping belongs to, has suspended one mainland China Central and North China-Western US route [Xingang-Qingdao-Shanghai-Busan-Prince Rupert-Los Angeles-Tacoma-Busan-Gwangyang-Xingang] since August. Route (PS8)];
The Ocean Alliance of Evergreen Shipping announced the suspension of a Central China and North China-Western US route with an 8,000-box container ship;
The 2M alliance formed by Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping has suspended the TP-1 routes between East China, South China and the southwest coast of the United States since the last week of June. It was originally announced that it would stop for 5 weeks (1 flight per week). There is currently no notification of shipments. Mainly resume operations, and another PNW flight from Central China and North China to the Southwest Coast of the United States continues to be suspended.
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