Maersk impose high surcharges
Recently, the Maersk Container Lines Company Chief Executive Officer Yi Wende Court Appeal (Eivind Kolding) to the media that the container shipping company Maersk container shipping market is to play a leadership role or to take the lead sheep. Yiwen De Kool court that the navigation is slow container liner container shipping company Maersk implemented in 2009 the big move, and this big so quickly to be the world’s most international container liner companies followed suit. Container transport into the recovery period
Stability of international container traffic in 2010 rose has is certain; according to “American Shipper” magazine estimated global container trade, traffic is expected to grow 10% in 2010, while the growth momentum of the east-west trunk routes in 2010 and annual growth of container traffic will reach 10.6%. Now ready to make some international container shipping company, container shipping lines began to gradually restore its speed, swift foot, first registration in an attempt to seize the market. The European Liner Affairs Association (ELAA) has provided data, Asia – North Westerners container traffic to the route and the first quarter of 2010 grew 23% in 2009, the Nordic – to route Asian container traffic growth in the East 17%. June 2010 Far East – U.S. East container traffic to the route to reach 1.23 million TEUs.
International container traffic in 2010 directly triggered a steady growth in container freight rates have also doubled up, trans-Pacific route as of May 7 40-foot container in Hong Kong – U.S. West Coast week of classes has risen to 2189 U.S. dollars freight / FEU, and in May 2009 7-year increase to 112.8%. Experts believe that as long as no accident, in 2010 international container transport market is very good. Trans-Pacific route liner seems to have resumed its control over the market, the owner turns the face of tariff increases, the liner of the reducer and a variety of additional charge is still no bargaining room for cargo container shortage is leading to a serious backlog. According to the British Shipping Advisory Centre on July 7 investigation report provided to predict the global container fleet capacity by 2010 demand will grow by about 1.2 million TEUs, growth of about 8.5%, and now most of the ocean carriers believe 2009, the night is over, the international container shipping market has re-entered the real renaissance.
Maersk to impose high surcharges
It is worth mentioning that up a container freight, container shipping surcharge are constantly improving, this is the emergence of an undisputed fact. Large container shipping market in 2010 peak season surcharge suddenly come, especially in Asia and Europe, Asia and North America east-west routes such as container transport a sky-rocketing surcharges. Yiwen De Kool court that the Danish container shipping company Maersk raising surcharges and freight movement in another big play leading roles, even though the first half of 2010, the world’s most international container shipping companies have gained the additional costs, improving container All freight and other decision-making power lies with them.
Danish container shipping company Maersk from July 15 surcharge per container from 120 dollars USD -600 range, the standard levy surcharge is based on the level of major container shipping market demand, capacity shortages and container equipment supply gap and so dynamic. But let the shipper great surprise, container shipping company Maersk out high surcharge, and unprecedented, even though container shipping company Maersk prior to appease the shipper, again and again to ensure the peak of the 2010 container shipping container will not raise tariffs and additional surcharge. As the main route to see, especially in Asia – Europe container route has both tariffs and surcharges rise in container shipping company Maersk afterwards to ensure no increase tariffs and surcharges the statement, like every other boots tickles, no comfort room sense to speak of.
International container shipping market, some experts believe that the Maersk container determined to improve and add additional fees, tariffs once again play the role of market leader, and the current container shipping company Maersk major policy decisions, even in container freight rates and additional charges every move will affect the global carrier and the shipper’s every move. Container shipping company Maersk ocean carrier to the shipper as to impose high costs, but also ensure that once the container to the shipper of goods will happen the shipper damage to or loss of poor to provide compensation. Maersk container shipping lines by improving the way the surcharge seems to shippers and other competitors, said she does not like empty talk, but use the money to prove that she means what he says. So far as no other formal follow up or follow the example of ocean carrier container shipping company Maersk terms of style Overlord surcharge and making full compensation for damaged goods, and now other ocean-going container liner carrier boxes shipped in 2010, have increased freight rates and the peak surcharge, but the difference in compensation related to damage to cargo goods protection container shipping company Maersk did not like as well. Experts said that as long as the container shipping company Maersk is now a surcharge, other ocean carriers will follow.
It is understood that container shipping company Maersk, mainly in Asia – Northern Europe and Asia routes – especially the Mediterranean container shipping line rose up the charge, noodles for the “peak surcharge” (hereinafter referred to as PSS), its magnitude and scale very rare, so that shippers and freight forwarders to surprise and even anger customers are. As the container shipping company Maersk to take the lead, from July 15, the east – west route in the other container liner companies almost always follow up, scrambling to raise its surcharge, while the freight and other costs necessary with the call. Maersk container liner companies operating in Asia – Northern Europe container route “peak surcharge” every 20-foot box for the 750 U.S. dollars, per 40-foot box is 1000 U.S. dollars, each 40 feet high cube box is 1200 U.S. dollars. Asia – Mediterranean route PSS every 20-foot box for the 600 U.S. dollars, per 40-foot box for the 800 U.S. dollars, each 40 feet high cube containers to 1,000. Please note that the second wave for the Maersk container introduced in PSS, the first wave in June 15, 2010 issued, when set in Asia – Northern Europe container route PSS every 20-foot box for the 250 U.S. dollars, per 40 foot box for the 500 U.S. dollars, each 40 feet high cube box for 500 dollars. Month after staggering growth of the so-called PSS.
Some panic
The question now is how to deal with the shipper freight and ocean container carrier surcharge increase? International container transport market bewildering, ever-changing, if anyone in the world economic recession and the international financial crisis raging in June 2009 told the ocean carrier, in June 2010 Asia – Europe container traffic trunk routes will surge, the person must would be considered mentally ill, because at that time ocean carriers and shippers have to cut investment, reduce or even suspend the container equipment purchase. The problem is really in the 2010 container traffic soared during the first few months there, and has continued strong, it is estimated that by the end of 2010 and 2011 is no problem. Ocean carrier container liner companies gratifying encounter unexpected market opportunities. Incidentally, another unexpected problem, because in the past year and half was almost Mei You invest additional container facilities, container equipment is sold Bushao the housing or storage Dengta use, ocean carriers, You Qi yes Tuoyun Ren Zaodao the current serious shortage of container equipment the hit, but container shortage is also a way to promote the existence of ocean container carrier to improve freight and surcharges. Must be noted that normalization Add a container equipment investment should be part of normal business of container shipping lines, and container equipment investment costs to enter the container freight and container transportation-related costs. In the past year and a half in the world economic recession and the international financial crisis, even for most of the ocean carrier tsunami negligence or simply unwilling to continue to invest in container facilities, short-sighted a big mistake. Many shippers are now suspected of ocean carrier container shipping in 2010, the dawn of the peak, took the opportunity to greatly increased by special tariffs and surcharges the container is to be poor management over the past one year and a half or even all of the loss of most of the passed on to shippers and other customers of the head.
Some analysts believe the international shipping market, due to container shipping company Maersk to take the lead up container freight and surcharges, and other ocean carriers to keep up the momentum in its rate of increase in tariffs and surcharges on the reverse, this time shipper has been difficult to complain as they severely slow navigation container liner as complaining about the rising tariffs and surcharges.
2010, the shipper and the carrier the lack of basic communication, especially the lack of demand for container transportation services such as information sharing not only failed to eliminate the problem, but like a snowball snowball, in turn, allow shippers suffer. Now the ocean carrier, of course, including the Danish Maersk and other global container shipping business is not really able to grasp the big 2010 container traffic, especially in the East – West route traffic to the trunk how to achieve more high-level gains. But let’s international container liner companies around the world have no doubts that the trade routes container traffic rose, of course, ocean carrier, “shot to the shot of the” era really arrived.
Therefore, the international container shipping market, some experts suggested that shippers do not always consciously or unconsciously place themselves on the opposite side and the ocean carrier, but rather to find ways and stand by through thick and thin with the ocean carrier, the method is not complicated and does not require huge capital investment, as long as the shipper and the ocean carriers make every effort to share information on container transportation and other aspects of supply and demand information, including container transport in terms of the contract signed by both parties clearly stated the need for confidentiality clause, a result, ocean carriers people have no more reason or excuse is that the market such circumstances, caught by surprise and have substantially increased tariffs and surcharges; or increase the defense capacity for the shipper.
