Recently, shipping giant Maersk stated that due to reduced shipping capacity due to port congestion and shipping delays, shipping space is expected to remain tight throughout the Lunar New Year.
However, even so, false bookings are becoming more and more serious. There is no doubt that this has caused certain losses to the shipping companies; but it is too unfair for the cargo owners and freight forwarders who are struggling for space and can only wait!
False booking is serious! Shipping company announces collection of customs return fees
Due to serious false bookings, customers with actual shipping needs were unable to book space smoothly, resulting in a serious loss of space. Kambara Kisen decided to charge a customs return fee of USD200/TEU in case of liquidation starting from December 1. The specific notice is as follows:
Dear Customer:
Thank you for your long-term support to our company!
Recently, due to serious false bookings, customers with actual shipping needs have been unable to book space smoothly, resulting in serious losses.
Our company has decided to charge a customs return fee of USD200/TEU when the position is liquidated starting from December 1st. The default is China prepayment. The details are as follows:
After 17:00 3 days before the ship sails (excluding the ship sailing date), the following three types of cancellations due to reasons caused by the booking party will be charged a cancellation fee (subject to the actual sailing date).
1. The whole ticket is refunded;
2. The number of boxes is reduced;
3. Change of consignor, consignee, notifier, port of departure and port of destination.
Kanbara Kisen (China) Shipping Co., Ltd.
November 26, 2021
Coincidentally, at the end of July this year, KMTC also issued a notice on its official Weibo account saying:
Due to the current serious false bookings, customers with actual shipping needs are unable to book space smoothly, resulting in a loss of space. KMTC has decided to charge a loss space fee of 300RMB/UNIT for bookings that are not shipped normally after the booking is confirmed.
The collection object is 7 days before the actual sailing date (including the sailing date), all bookings that have not been shipped due to customer cancellation due to customs reasons.
KMTC also said that if there are special circumstances after picking up the box and it cannot be shipped, you can confirm with it after the ship sails. After verification, it will be waived. The lost space fee is currently only implemented for AIM, AIS3, AIS4, FME, and FME2 routes, and is not implemented for other routes.
The starting shipping schedule is as follows:
Maersk: Port congestion, shipping schedule delays, and shipping space very tight
The president of Maersk Asia Pacific Shipping Operations Center said: “As the current port congestion and shipping delay issues persist, the global supply chain still faces many bottlenecks.” Although demand growth has moderated in some regions, overall demand remains strong.
Due to the large backlog of orders, the export market continues to be saturated and shipping space continues to be tight.
Market trends for major routes:
Asia to Northern Europe: Shipping schedule delays will continue to have an impact on shipping capacity in December. Nordic trade demand remains strong, with a new shipment peak expected at the end of December.
Asia to the Mediterranean: Shipping schedule delays will lead to sailing delays in December, resulting in reduced shipping capacity. This is due to the rebound in trade demand since early November, especially the demand for the Western Mediterranean region. However, the Western Mediterranean has serious delays in shipping schedules and reduced shipping capacity.
Asia to North America: Overall demand is expected to remain strong in December.
Congestion at North American ports has worsened recently, with vessel wait times in Los Angeles/Long Beach/Seattle increasing to 21 days.
In order to reduce the impact of empty flights and capacity shortages caused by port congestion, Maersk’s TP9 route will no longer call Seattle from November, but will open a new TP7 route in Seattle. It also plans to deploy four overtime ships in December.
Asia to Latin America: Demand remains high until the end of the year and space remains tight.
Asia to the Middle East, India and Pakistan: The current supply and demand situation is expected to continue, and the overall market space remains tight.
Asia to Africa: Demand for South Africa is slowing as Christmas and New Year approach, but capacity prospects in the South African market are good.
It is expected that demand in East Africa will gradually increase before the Lunar New Year; the market in northern West Africa will usher in a small peak before Ramadan in December/January.
Asia to Australia and New Zealand: Port congestion will continue to affect capacity. Strikes by Australian port workers, the impact of the epidemic and port congestion will continue to have adverse impacts.
News of the world’s major ports:
Chinese ports: Dalian has suspended all cold chain transportation since November 8, and the transportation of all refrigerated goods except refrigerated fruits has been affected.
Barge operations in Hong Kong will be suspended from the end of December to the Lunar New Year; maintenance of the Three Gorges Dam from February 21 to March 23 will lead to extended transportation times and reduced barge transport capacity in and out of Chongqing and Yibin.
Southeast Asian ports: Congestion at Tanjung Pelepas port remains severe, with cargo delayed to some Southeast Asian destinations.
Busan Port: The congestion level has improved, and the waiting time for ships is expected to be about 3 days.
Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach: Congestion is still very serious, with approximately 80 container ships waiting to dock in the near future. The waiting time is up to 25 days.
Nordic ports: The yards are operating at high capacity, and almost major ports have experienced multi-day delays.
Ports in Australia and New Zealand: Port strikes continue to impact Australian exports. Port waiting times in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle are as long as eight days. Affected by the epidemic, Melbourne’s VICT terminal is still closed and the number of operators has been reduced.
Auckland Port is severely congested and the current yard utilization rate is 93%.
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