Textile bosses who have recently shipped goods should pay attention, a big “difficulty” is coming!
As the COVID-19 epidemic in India worsens, Singapore, as a shipping hub, has recently been forced to ban the entry of seafarers from India and other South Asian countries. Seafarer rotation has once again fallen into crisis, putting global shipping capacity that is already tight The industry is getting worse.
Recently, a Singapore-based seafarer company stated that in the past, there were only occasional sporadic infection cases on ships, but now the situation is that the new coronavirus often appears rapidly throughout the ship. spread of the disease, which means these ships have become unnavigable.
Wu Peiyuan, associate professor at the National University of Singapore Business School: This will affect the schedule of freighters and will also have an impact on the supply chain. This will inevitably lead to an increase in the price of consumer goods. The reason is that the entire shipping Businesses have been disrupted, which may lead to inflation continuing to rise.
United Nations data shows that 80% of global trade relies on shipping, and 240,000 of the world’s 1.6 million seafarers are from India. Entry restrictions will undoubtedly further intensify the impact on the shipping industry. This situation is difficult to alleviate in the short term. Industry insiders said that the Suez Canal blockage in March will be nothing compared to the supply chain disruption caused by the inability of crews to change shifts.
Faced with the severe situation, shipping agencies and maritime experts have called for vaccinating rotating crew members as soon as possible as the most feasible way to deal with this crisis.
Esben Poulsen, President of the International Chamber of Shipping: For us, the most critical first priority now is to convince government departments of various countries to provide relevant maritime transportation personnel as soon as possible. Priority for vaccination.
</p