No.1, Shanghai Shipping Exchange: The freight rates of the four major ocean-going routes declined.
Shanghai Shipping Exchange announced the latest Shanghai Export Container Freight Index (SCFI), which fell below 1000 points last week, fell again this week to 934.31 points, down 45.54 points, or 4.64%.The four major ocean-going routes all declined, with freight rates from the Far East to the West and East of the United States falling by more than 13%.
Although the pressure on the retail industry in Europe and the United States gradually declined in the second quarter, the problem of labor shortage in transportation was gradually solved, and the economy had a chance to rebound in the third quarter.But this week, Maersk cut prices to fight a price war, introducing ultra-low freight rates from Asia to the West Coast ports of the United States, bringing uncertainties to the July peak season.
According to the newly released freight index, the freight rate from the Far East to Europe was $859 per TEU (20-foot container), down $23 or 2.76% from last week; the freight rate from the Far East to the Mediterranean was $1601 per TEU (20-foot container), down $25 or 1.53% from last week;FEU (40 feet) from the Far East to the West of the United States was $1207, down $181 or 13.04% from last week; FEU (40 feet) from the Far East to the East of the United States was $2103, down $332 or 13.6% from last week.Near the ocean line, the Far East to Japan Kanto, Kansai, South Korea and Southeast Asia are flat.
No.2, Maritime Silk Road Index: US line freight rates continue to pull back
This week, the Ningbo Export Container Freight Index (NCFI) released by the Ningbo Shipping Exchange closed at 659.4 points, down 4.2% from last week.The freight index of four of the 21 routes rose and the freight index of 17 routes fell.Among the major ports along the "Maritime Silk Road", the freight index of 3 ports rose and the freight index of 13 ports fell.
The index of key routes during the reporting period is as follows:
Europe to Europe route: Europe to Europe route space supply than transport demand is still a certain surplus, spot market booking prices continued to fall, but the decline narrowed.The European route freight index was 498.3 points, down 1.0% from last week; the Eastern route freight index was 818.4 points, down 0.7% from last week; and the Western route freight index is 952.0 points, down 1.6% from the previous week.
Europe to Europe route: Europe to Europe route space supply than transport demand is still a certain surplus, spot market booking prices continued to fall, but the decline narrowed.The European route freight index was 498.3 points, down 1.0% from last week; the Eastern route freight index was 818.4 points, down 0.7% from last week; and the Western route freight index is 952.0 points, down 1.6% from the previous week.
Middle East routes: The supply of shipping capacity was sufficient, and the spot market booking price dropped slightly.The Middle East route index was 892.5 points, down 2.5% from last week.This week, the Thai-Vietnam route fluctuated greatly: the overall demand for transport was weak, liner companies lowered their freight rates in order to solicit goods, and the market booking price fell for three consecutive weeks.The Thai-Vietnam route freight index was 295.2 points, down 10.6% from last week.
No.3, Beijing-Tianjin Cooperative Port Service Center was unveiled and established
Recently, the "Beijing CBD-Tianjin Port Beijing-Tianjin Cooperative Port Service Center" jointly established by Tianjin Port Group, Beijing CBD Management Committee and Beijing Chaoyang Customs was unveiled in Beijing.
As an innovative measure to serve the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, "Beijing CBD-Tianjin Port Beijing-Tianjin Cooperative Port Service Center"puts the port service of Tianjin Port in front of Chaoyang District and goes deep into CBD, so that enterprises can enjoy the hub function and convenient service of Tianjin Port's"maritime gateway".Enterprises can handle one-stop port warehousing, transportation, agency and other comprehensive business, obtain policy interpretation, port logistics service information consultation and question answering, and provide various logistics, financial service docking channels and specialized, customized and whole-process logistics services.
No.4. A total of 2.02 million TEUs have been sent by the rail-sea intermodal train on the new land-sea corridor in the west.
Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission held a press conference in June.At the meeting, it was pointed out that as of May 2023, a total of 2.02 million TEUs had been sent by the rail-sea intermodal train of the new western land-sea corridor, which reached 18 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) in China and connected more than 300 ports in more than 100 countries and regions around the world. The new western land-sea corridor has become an important engine driving the economic and social development and opening up of the western region.
Over the past three years since the construction of the new land-sea corridor in the western region, all work has been carried out in an orderly manner, showing strong competitive advantages and good prospects for development. First, the three main corridors in the east, middle and west and the infrastructure construction along them have been continuously improved, major projects have been continuously promoted, and the level of internal and external links of the corridor has been significantly improved;Third, the level of comprehensive services and openness has been continuously improved, and the construction of land-sea trade channels supporting the western region to participate in international economic cooperation has reached a new level.
No.5, "full life cycle service" intelligent equipment management platform online
On June 16, the first "one-stop life cycle service"intelligent equipment management platform in the port industry, which integrates new technologies such as"5G + Internet of Things", big data, artificial intelligence and space-time coding, was officially launched in Rizhao Port, Shandong Province, providing an important equipment guarantee for improving the efficiency of intelligent green ports.
The intelligent equipment management platform presents a new port equipment management application scenario of "digital visual management, intelligent and efficient maintenance, precise process control", which solves the business problems such as inconsistent maintenance standards, inefficient regional coordination and slow flow of paper work orders, and fully supports the transformation of maintenance system of Rizhao Port in Shandong Province to centralization and intelligence.