Some time ago, because of the traditional peak season, the continuous typhoon and the rush of goods before the implementation of the customs duties, the peak of goods delivery before the national day golden week was coming again!
What is even sadder is that the major shipping companies and the major shipping alliances, which are busy with fare increases and the dumping of containers, are already ready to add fuel to the flames, and the plan for a major wave of stopovers on major shipping routes has been unveiled! Ladies and gentlemen, you have to take care of yourself!
Asian - Mediterranean - European services cancelled / suspended
According to reports, due to the pressure of rising fuel prices and the reasons for losses in the first half of the year, and due to the experience of shipping companies in previous years and the weakness of cargo during the 11th long holiday, major shipping companies and several major shipping alliances have recently issued notices to halt flights and jump ports one after another!
Cosco maritime, OOCL, CMA CGM and evergreen's maritime alliance are canceling two " Asian - nordic" voyages and two voyages to the Mediterranean in October!
2m alliance maersk also announced that it would suspend a " Asia - northern Europe" service at the end of September or the beginning of October to " balance our network with market demand".
The alliance also announced that it would suspend two voyages in " Asia - Europe" and " Asia - Mediterranean" to carry out ship maintenance, and planned to suspend the following voyages during the golden week:
Far East Loop 2 (FE2)
• TIHAMA voyage 007W, ETA CNTXG October 1, 2018
• TIHAMA voyage 007E, ETA GBSOU November 8, 2018
Far East Loop 3 (FE3)
• YM WIND voyage 008W, ETA HKHKG October 5, 2018
• YM WIND voyage 008E, ETA NLRTM November 6, 2018
Mediterranean Service (MD1)
• Hangzhou Bay Bridge voyage 029W, ETA CNTAO October 8, 2018
• Hangzhou Bay Bridge voyage 029E, ETA ESBCN November 8, 2018
Mediterranean Service (MD2)
• NYK Blue Jay voyage 014W, ETA KRPUS October 7, 2018
• NYK Blue Jay voyage 014E, ETA ITSPE November 11, 2018
Mediterranean Service (MD3)
• YM Window voyage 014W, ETA KRPUS October 6, 2018
• YM Window voyage 014E, ETA TRIST November 7, 2018
Before the cancellation of the voyage, some shipping lines will also generally raise the freight rate, namely FAK freight rate, in " Asia - Europe" and " Asia - Mediterranean" trade.
Starting from September 1, hapag - Lloyd will charge 1050 USD / TEU in asia-northern Europe, 1375 USD / TEU in the Adriatic sea and 1500 USD / TEU in the eastern Mediterranean sea.
Cma CGM will charge FAK 1500 USD from Asia to the eastern Mediterranean and FAK 1100 USD from the western Mediterranean to northern Europe.
Simon heaney, senior manager of drewry container research, an international shipping analysis agency, said: " adding all these factors together with the new service, the container capacity on the west coast of the United States has decreased a lot! "
Simon heaney pointed out at the same time in his analysis that the current freight transportation is generally delayed, because a large number of goods are expected to arrive at the destination port before the customs duty is implemented to avoid the customs duty. it will also be a' normal phenomenon' for dumped containers even to be dumped continuously! "
