In 2010, The Shipping Cost Rose 220%&Nbsp, And The Profits Of Spinning Enterprises Were Seriously Engulfed.

"Shipping fees rise every half a month, and many shippers are rushing to ship the goods, hoping to get the goods out before the price rises."

Qiu Zheng, who has worked in the international freight forwarding industry for many years, said.

Like Qiu, these two days are full of big and small.

Freight charges have soared recently.

"At present, such as Europe, South America and other routes, freight rates have reached historical highs."

Yesterday, Lin Xiang, a representative of Taiping shipping company specializing in seagoing business, told reporters in Chongqing.

Take European routes as an example. Last year, when the financial crisis happened, Chongqing's pportation to the European port of Amsterdam had fallen to the bottom of $900, but on the two day, the freight rate has reached 2250-2300 USD / TEUs.

In addition, like the South American route, at the lowest freight rate last year, it was only $1200 / TEUs, and now it has risen to around $5500.

The increase in freight rates is good news for shipping companies.

CSCC and China shipping have issued performance notices one after another, claiming profits in the first half of the year, and the net profit of the first half of this year will grow by more than 50% over the same period.

"The volume of business in the first half of this year has increased by 40% at least, and it is certain that we will increase wages."

Yesterday, Lin Xiang also said happily.

But the good news of shipping companies may be a misfortune for other companies.

Container is hard to find.

At the same time as interviewed, the phone on the Qiu Zheng table of general manager of Yun Chuang international logistics continued to ring. There was only one content: urgent booking.

"Before, we ordered the shipping space for our customers, one week ahead of schedule.

But now

"Not only freight rates are rising, but even containers are hard to find."

Yesterday, the general manager of Maxim Group Import and export company also said.

She disclosed that now exported to North America and Europe, the goods often found the shipping space but could not find the box.

A responsible official of export and foreign trade enterprises, who does not want to be named, said that the increase in freight charges will inevitably cause great impact on export profits.

It is said that the average profit level of export enterprises is only 3% to 5%, such as textile, clothing, footwear, toys and other labor-intensive industries. The substantial increase in the price of shipping will directly affect the overall profits of these export enterprises.

The owner of the ship began to add additional charges.

The situation is still getting worse, as the shipowners begin to increase the surcharge for the peak season.

Chen Chang, head of Chongqing APL company, revealed that July, August and September were the traditional peak season for import and export and shipping market. These two days, the company just started to add the surcharge for the peak season, and the US airlines (601111, stock bar) line added 800-1000 US dollars per box.

In addition, Maersk and other shipping giants also announced in succession that as container containers are in urgent need, they will increase the "peak season surcharge".

The collection standard is $750 for each small cabinet from Asia to northern Europe, plus $1000 for each cabinet, and $1200 for each special cabinet.

China Ocean (601919, stock bar) also announced that it began to increase the "peak shortage surcharge" and other peak season costs, resulting in a 30% increase in freight rates compared to June this year.

In response, people pointed out that, for the soaring freight rate, Qiu Zheng thought that the retaliatory rise after the financial crisis was mainly: "under the financial crisis, many shipping companies slowed down the speed of purchasing containers and ships, but this year, the volume of exports of goods has increased too fast, and the capacity has been insufficient."

Cost burden, to a certain extent, weaken the market competitiveness of foreign trade enterprises' export commodities.

"Low value-added products, such as mineral powder, whose profits are not high, may have to stop imports and exports in the short term."