In response to the phenomenon that it is difficult to find a cabin, a box is hard to find, and freight prices continue to rise, the Ministry of Transport responded: Continue to increase the supply of transportation capacity, and investigate and punish illegal charges in accordance with the law!
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CCTV reporter: At present, in the international container liner market, it is difficult to find a cabin and a container. , Freight prices continue to rise. What measures does the Ministry of Transport take to respond to this?
Zhao Chongjiu: At present, as you said, the water transport market situation is of great concern to everyone. From a demand perspective, due to the epidemic, the industrial and supply chains of many countries in the world have been greatly impacted. Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee, our country has effectively controlled the epidemic and protected our industrial and supply chains. The results are very good, which has greatly increased my country’s import and export trade demand.
From a supply perspective, global shipping, especially container shipping, has a capacity of 23 million TEUs. Now, except for about 1% of the ships being repaired, all of them are invested in shipping, and there are even some non-container ships, that is General general cargo ships carry containers, so from the perspective of transportation capacity, they are now fully devoted to transportation.
Currently, there are some emergencies that have an impact on shipping capacity. For example, the stranding of the Suez Canal in March this year caused the canal to be closed for 6 days. After it opened, ships concentrated in the port. Such a situation This will cause pressure on the port and reduce the efficiency of the entire maritime transport. Of course, there are also some other regional conflicts, which will affect the local shipping market. Then there is the impact of the epidemic, which is mainly reflected in the following aspects:
1. The efficiency of port operations is reduced. As we all know, during the epidemic, workers at ports must be closed and managed, and various countries have taken corresponding measures, so the loading and unloading efficiency will be reduced;
2. Seafarers and seafarers of international ships must be quarantined at various ports. Shift change, the process of shift change is also affected by epidemic prevention and control, which will reduce efficiency. Of course, there are other factors, including insufficient port storage yards and other reasons, which have led to a reduction in transportation efficiency in the entire shipping market. The contradiction between supply and demand has caused the price to rise, so it is now difficult to find a cabin, and the price is rising;
After the reasons for the increase are clearly analyzed, we will do some targeted work. Overall, the rise is determined by the contradiction between supply and demand. As the epidemic improves and countries resume work and production, the situation will gradually return to normal. The Ministry of Transport has made a difference in stabilizing the international supply chain, and we have done a lot of work during this period.
First, in terms of external prevention and control, we guide local ports and transportation and shipping departments to do a good job in epidemic prevention and control and ensuring smooth traffic, such as vaccination of relevant vaccines, personal protection, crew changes, port A lot of work has been done on loading and unloading operations, as well as coordination of chokepoints in logistics.
The second is to help enterprises solve specific difficulties and ensure the transportation of key customers and key materials. For example, some guarantees should be made for the transportation of people’s livelihood supplies, the transportation of epidemic prevention materials, etc.
The third is to actively coordinate international liner companies to increase the transportation capacity and container supply of China’s export routes.
On the main routes in mainland China, from January to May this year, the number of cabins invested by major liner companies increased significantly. Among them, the capacity of the North American route reached 5.51 million TEUs, an increase of 65% compared with 2020. A 27% increase from 2019. European route capacity also increased by 38% compared with 2020 and nearly 10% compared with 2019.
As we all know, empty containers have been very tense recently due to difficulty in turnover. Our container manufacturing companies have increased their production efforts. The current monthly production capacity has been increased to 500,000 TEUs. By May, the shortage of empty containers in my country’s major ports had dropped to 1.3%, gradually easing. This is basically the situation.
In the next step, our Ministry of Transport will continue to work with the Ministry of Commerce and other departments to implement relevant measures to stabilize foreign trade, guide international liner companies to continue to increase the supply of transport capacity for mainland China’s export routes, and at the same time improve the turnover efficiency of containers. Guide local transportation departments to ensure the stability and smoothness of the international logistics supply chain while doing a good job in epidemic prevention and control.
In terms of price, we also cooperate with the market supervision department to strengthen the supervision of shipping port charges and investigate and deal with illegal charges in accordance with the law.
News reporter: With domestic epidemic prevention and control under normal conditions and the spread of overseas epidemics still continuing, how to safely and effectively ensure import and export goods trade and international transportation services? What specific policy adjustments will the Ministry of Transport make in promoting the opening up of the international shipping sector?
Cao Desheng: The epidemic has had a great impact on the domestic and international large-circulation logistics supply chain. We have done a lot of work to ensure that the shipping industry can continue to effectively contribute to the domestic and international large-scale cycle. Vice Minister Zhao Chongjiu has just introduced related information. Industry guarantees include the following aspects:
First, we ensure that we have sufficient transport capacity to ensure the international circulation. As we all know, 90% of our foreign trade is achieved by shipping;
Second.��Ensure that the crew can change shifts normally and ensure the continuity of the entire route;
The third is to do a good job in epidemic prevention and control to prevent external imports and prevent internal rebound. In general, during the epidemic, our shipping industry was operating normally, effectively ensuring the domestic and international circulation, and also ensuring the smooth flow of our country’s important materials, people’s livelihood and other work;
Nansha San Phase Terminal Announcement
There is also good news: Guangzhou Port Nansha Phase III Terminal has fully resumed operations at noon on June 24 Single business.
On the afternoon of June 24, Guangzhou Port Co., Ltd. Nansha Container Terminal Branch (Nansha Phase III Terminal) issued an announcement on its official website stating that based on the number of retained orders and traffic conditions outside the port, Nansha Phase III Terminal has been closed on June 24. At 12 o’clock, the order processing business will be fully resumed.
Nansha Phase III trailers enter the gate in an orderly manner
The announcement also stated that from 12:00 on June 23 to 12:00 on June 24 at Nansha Phase III Terminal, large ships, barges and trailers that have been ordered will enter and leave the port. Everything was operating normally, with a total container throughput of 18,500TEU completed during the period.
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