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Is it possible to learn from past mistakes and avoid Yantian 2.0? Once again, congestion is in the spotlight. 

Is the new Yantian looming over the horizon or is there a chance that the Ningbo congestion will be less harmful? Whatever the future holds, shippers are beginning to divert from Ningbo to Shanghai as the MSICT gets closed due to the new COVID cases. However, companies hope that the spread will be taken under control. Luckily, MSICT accounts only for 19% of the total container volumes at Ningbo, so if the shutdown is limited only to the facility, the situation will be manageable. Those who have already been through Yantian are not so positive - companies warn that Ningbo’s closure will worsen equipment shortages in East China and cause added ripples for reefer slot shortage at terminals in the region. The fears also concern the possibility of the blockage to spill beyond these ports: 40 container vessels waiting at the outer Zhoushan anchorage have already been reported. 

Meanwhile, Maersk announces the implementation of new congestion surcharges: CFD and Congestion CFO in the ports of Rades and Tunis in Tunisia; a congestion fee of US$150 per 20' and US$200 per 40', 45' and high cube dry and reefer boxes in Paraguay, and so on. 

Moreover, 2M Alliance has revealed several reschedules in two of its services that connect Far East Asia with North Europe. It will restart the AE1/Shogun Ningbo and AE6/Lion Shanghai Westbound calls to mitigate the impact of the congestion on its customers. 

Even though the regional and transshipment ports are struggling, there is an improvement in the Chittagong port that is now free of vessel crowding. The authorities have also confirmed that the waiting time of container vessels has now gone down to less than 24 hours or one day at max. 

Better late than never - the Port of Long Beach that has been struggling for the whole year and broken its record for handling enormous numbers of TEU has finally realized the need for a new strategic approach. Operating around the clock to keep up with anticipated growth is now in the talks.  It is expected that most players along the supply chain would embrace an extension of operations to 24 hours.

These days trying to book container shipments is a nightmare as companies are practically torn between the five providers whose indexes vary greatly. The mess is also due to the fact that some outlier data is now being excluded to more accurately reflect market conditions. This resulted in a significant one-time adjustment that removed outliers and substantially increased rates on China/ East Asia-US FBX lane.  Going from bad for worse? 

The storm in Europe is not really over. Although the GDL’s strike in Germany has ended, delays and cancellations of trains have seriously impacted traffic to and from the Netherlands, and it will take a while to get back on track. Moreover, the strike affected mainly the connections to Poland and the Czech Republic.

Airfreight rates are back at it again. After some cooling down on a sequential basis in June, July saw them rise again on major intercontinental lanes due to a holiday peak. HKG to Europe and PVG to Europe basket indices rose 44% and 33% year-over-year in July, while HKG to North America and PVG to North America rose 59% and 51% year-over-year. 

Life for the Dutch shippers is expected to get tougher as the Netherlands begins the roll-out of its new customs declaration system. Soon big companies will have to notify Customs before goods are entered into declarants’ records, unlike the old system The adjustments will require more time which is a luxury for the struggling companies in the current context.

With intermodal blooming, ironically, there are not enough intermodal terminals, thus, Poland will build a new one in Bydgoszcz, which has the potential to be an upgrading point for the Baltic-Adriatic corridor. For the financing, local governments and entrepreneurs are waiting for the release of the European fund for the long-term budget and funds from the Next Generation EU. 

Konecranes has ordered six RTG cranes from Gemadept-Terminal Link CaiMep Terminal JSC in Vietnam that, in fact, will be fully electric machines, equipped with cable reels for zero local emissions. The Port of Liverpool has followed and welcomed four new CRMG cranes as part of the $554 million Liverpool2 project.

To help dredge key Delta channels within the Fraser River communities, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority committed to providing a $7 million interim dredging solution. The initiative will make it easier for vessels to safely navigate and potentially can help local biodiversity.

Parcel deliveries, as well as the whole sector, have been in the spotlight under severe pressure all these months. In particular, the demand on the delivery sector was specifically intense. However, the hard work and effort of the companies have paid off - DHL, XPO, Great Bear and UPS have been announced the top five logistics companies in the UK by the CILT. 

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The US government passes the new generous infrastructure bill and tightens the grip around big shippers at the same time. The clouds are thickening above European rail as Germany expects more delays. 

So far, it is businesses that have been suffering the aftermath of supply-side bottlenecks and increasing transportation costs, but in the future, as the situation does not seem to improve, the customers will take turn and feel the consequences of the increased demand too. Prices are expected to increase well into Black Friday and holiday shopping seasons. 

Meanwhile, it is a triumphant week for the US ports as the Senate has passed a historic infrastructure bill, which will send $17 billion to the sector – an incredible investment amid to deal with backlogs, reduce congestion and emissions near ports and airports, and drive electrification and other low-carbon technologies. At the same time, Washington DC is taking additional steps to prepare the battleground against shipping monopoly. According to the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, recently introduced into Congress, there would be new minimum requirements for service contracts and greater powers for the Federal Maritime Commission. The bill is due for further discussion. However, the critics have already voiced their concerns, claiming that the new legislation does not include all parties –a protectionist race to the bottom in the regulation of international ocean transportation is not a winning strategy. Still, supporters prevail as more than 100 signatories have backed the new bill and seconded that carriers have abused the situation to their advantage. This is unacceptable especially since some of the supporters expect spot rates on the Pacific to crash through the $20,000/FEU mark by the middle of the month.

In addition, the capacity shortage is squeezing the last forces from the carriers as they try to find enough container tonnage for their extra loaders from Asia. For example, although Maersk announced two new loops between Asia (where more closures and disruption at the Port of Ningbo-Zhoushan after the chaos in Vietnam are possible) and the US west and east coasts for August, they require too many vessels – a luxury that hardly anyone can get. 

According to the recent update, the US major ports will remain constrained in the summer months with the hardest hit Port Hueneme, Los Angeles, Long Beach, and San Diego. In addition, the number of ships at anchor is growing.

The already mentioned Port of Ningbo-Zhoushan is living up to the gloomy forecasts as one of the container terminals has closed due to a positive Covid test. Cargo owners are already having flashbacks to a Yantian-style nightmare. In turn, trying to solve the industry’s extreme container shortage, Shanghai has launched a new empty container transportation center.

India has proposed to include the Iranian port of Chabahar in the International North-South Transport Corridor. The hub already has prospects of becoming a transshipment point connecting India, Iran, and Central Asia. However, the main disadvantage is the lack of a railway connection.

A big part of the congestion occurring at intermodal rail terminals is under uncontrollable factors that is why when STB demanded the Class I railroads, to explain what they were doing to address the congestion occurring at the intermodal terminal, the answer was not that easy. In its defense, the company has assured that it is doing its best to optimize the movement of freight over our railroad and at the terminal, however, it is not responsible for shippers’ strategies and approaches.

The drivers’ shortage that has been the UK’s pain seems to last much longer than anyone has expected. At least, the government has conceded that the queues of lorries looking to cross the Channel are here to stay. As a result, it has expanded emergency powers to handle the queues into a permanent protocol.

Rail, the high hopes of the industry in the context of constant congestions and blockages, has been hit by the train drivers strike in Germany.  Currently, 190 freight trains are at a standstill, which is devastating since the country is a European rail freight hub connecting the whole continent and a knot for intercontinental traffic. For this reason, DB Cargo is cooperating with German private rail companies to secure the operation of trains where possible.

Meanwhile, the increase in container rail traffic spills in Europe. The Port of Barcelona has grown 46% in the first half of 2021. The port has moved 161,735 TEU compared to 111,132 TEU moved compared to the same period of 2020. At the same time, the Port Authority of Valencia plans to foster technical assistance for the preparation of the Valenciaport 2030 Strategic Plan.

Amazon’s big hopes for drone delivery have proven to be dystopian. The initiative has failed due to the lack of skilled and advanced employees and overall too many promises that the company has made that could not be kept.

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A whirlwind of events takes over the industry. Companies are forced into sailing cancelations, dealing with more restrictions and shut downs but there is always hope. This time for intermodal 

If the current times were named the roaring twenties, it surely would have a different meaning. The “roaring” congestion gets in full span and hits the world’s two largest ports – Ningbo and Shanghai. Further supply chain chaos is caused by the unpredictable weather, soaring demand from the US, and the new COVID outbreaks. They are experiencing unprecedented volumes of tankers, bulk carriers, and containerships backing up into the East China Sea. Meanwhile, the situation is not improving in Vietnam. The lockdown has caused a 100,000 TEU pile-up at Ho Chi Minh City’s Cat Lai Port. With the closure of factories due to health restrictions, the containers are piling up with nobody picking them up. When facilities reopen again, the sector will have to deal with severe equipment shortages. To maintain smooth operation of TCCL and TCHP, the Vietnam Maritime Administration has developed several measures, among which he suspension of the movement of import laden containers from ports in Cai Mep area to TCCL as a final destination for customer pick-up, temporary halt on transshipped laden reefer containers, customer support delivery of containers discharged from vessels, etc. 

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted not only in the productivity drop, but most importantly, it took away the lives of millions of people. In the case of the Chittagong port, 48 employees and their dependents died of coronavirus since the virus hit the country. The shipping ministry started providing vaccines to the port employees, but the labor shortage is still inevitable. 

The delays have not omitted the US either. The number of vessels at anchorage in Southern California has doubled in the past several weeks. The data reports that the average dwell times in the US have increased by 35%, meaning there is 35% less capacity overall. On top of that, there are rail car shortages and rail yard capacity limitations that have forced companies to reduce the number of services from the west coast. They also have to cancel their sailings – across the major trades, Transpacific, Transatlantic, and Asia-North Europe & Med, a total of 496 scheduled sailings.

In such a challenging context, freight rates continue to rise. The VCFI index  for July has grown by 9.19% with the highest increase  represented in Latin America Pacific (24.87%), followed by Central America and the Caribbean (14.54%) and the United States and Canada (7.48%). However, some expect rates to increase at a slower rate in the near future. The new reports state that spot rates on Los Angeles to Shanghai and Shanghai to Rotterdam gained 5% and 2% to US$1,479 and US$13,628 for a 40ft box, while Shanghai to New York and New York to Rotterdam rates remain stable.   

A glimpse of stability might be expected from dry freight shipping containers. Although the prices have doubled over the past year to reach historic highs, some predict that they will moderate over the next few years. The dry box per diems are forecast to rally 65% in 2021, which means that lease rates will stay higher for longer, but afterward, some softening of returns is totally possible. 

In the race for alternative routes, OOCL has become the first one to have launched a rail-sea service from China to the US east coast operated by an ocean carrier. Extra loaders deployed between Asia and the US aim at high demand since the number of ships waiting for berths at Los Angeles and Long Beach has reached above 30.

 Although, when switching to other means of transportation, much of the shipping activity is going to trucking services, the high prices do not make the latter very attractive. This is when intermodal comes in handy – its volumes increased 20.4% YoY in Q2 since 2010. Without a doubt, the challenges with capacity on intermodal are going to be an issue, but it seems like the trucking challenges are even higher. The reality is somewhat more balanced toward rail freight, at least for the US where almost a quarter of intermodal traffic is moved by rail.

Evergreen is back in the game as it plans to buy containers from Dong Fang International Container in Hong Kong. It has also acquired eight containerships in a deal worth around $94.1m. In addition, it has announced a shake-up in the registered ownership. The measures are meant to improve its competitiveness, market share and efficiency. 

The transpacific marker has gotten brighter shades with the Port of Oakland’s launch of the new services from Asia. With the worsening congestion at Los Angeles and Long Beach, the port seems in a better position to hold on to the new operations.

The GL Terminal and Ezyhaul have announced a strategic partnership in Indonesia amid combine container handling and inland container depot knowledge of GL Terminal with Eyzhaul’s digital road freight platform. The initiative is expected to allow customers to make bookings for domestic short-haul, long-haul, and cross-border shipments.

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The first rule about improper surcharges is you do not talk about improper surcharges or at least, reject the accusations. Soaring prices, rates, and anti-monopolistic drama. 

The peak season is driving ocean freight spot rates beyond the US $20,000 per FEU. The new data demonstrates that prices from Asia to the US West Coast, including premium surcharges, increased by 5% to more than $19,000/FEU, with East Coast rates hitting an outstanding $20,804/FEU. Australia is also in the club of struggling shippers – it is facing the highest increase in rates since the beginning of the pandemic. The latest update on China-Australia FAK rates has shown that they have been pushed up to US $8,500 per 40ft container. Alongside the skyrocketing indicators, there are congestion and consequent capacity shortages. 

Moreover, prices of dry freight shipping containers have also doubled over the past year to reach historic highs. Experts have tracked that the dry box newbuild prices rallied strongly in 2020 with a year-on-year gain of 75%. Then by Q2 this year 40ft containers breached the $6,500 threshold, more than doubling over the year since the last peak that occurred in 1998.

China is still turbulent which affects major shipping lines and forces them to skip sailings to meet their schedules. In addition to the recent Typhoon In-fa that hit Shanghai port, the country has to impose new sanitary measures in the wake of the new COVID cases.  Vietnam mirrors the situation – container terminals at Tan Cang Cat Lai Port in Ho Chi Minh City have suspended container imports to clear the backlog that has been caused by the pandemic outbreak. Hapag-Lloyd is planning to launch a transshipment service, transporting goods from Vung Tau to Cat Lai. Companies sourcing in Vietnam are also destined to experience significant delays that could lead to additional cancelations. They are now forced to reconsider their strategies and start sourcing from different areas around the globe.

Taiwanese feeder boxship operator TS Lines expands its assets, as it has added to its newbuilding orderbook. The new order at Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding includes the construction of six 1,100 TEU containerships.

The situation in Asia has a domino effect on the US Ports. The Port of Long Beach continues to see through-the-roof volumes of cargo, handling a record number of containers for the month – 784,845 TEU in July. Terminals will be in a full-court press to meet the demand for the holidays. The new port forecasts predict that it will break its 2020 TEU levels of 8.11 million TEU. The same port also has to deal with unbearable heat and as a result, it will take a pause on shore power facilitiesfor vessels to free up energy supply.

The Federal Maritime Commission is undertaking further steps regarding the expedited inquiry into the timing and legal sufficiency of ocean carrier practices.  It concerns certain surcharges as part of its investigation into the US maritime sector. The step is necessary, as recently the FMC has been receiving communications from multiple parties reporting that ocean carriers are improperly implementing surcharges.  As for a $600,000 lawsuit by MCS Industries against Cosco and MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, MSC has finally reacted. It rejects the accusation of collusion between carriers put forward in the complaint.

Although, Asia is dealing with major challenges, not everything is in gloomy tones. Recently, Hong Kong liner OOCL has reached a milestone by launching a new rail-sea service connecting China to the US east coast. In fact, it is a combination of the Chang An China-Europe block train service from Xian to Kaliningrad with the onward feeder to Bremerhaven, and then with OOCL ocean services from Bremerhaven to various ports on the US east coast.

The uneven recovery of the air market is raising concerns about its capacity. Lately, a significant number of preighters have returned to passenger mode to meet the demand. Capacity is still down significantly: the Far East-Europe and Europe Far East trade lanes show reductions of 21% and 20% whereas, the deficit is -36% from Europe to North America and -34% in the opposite direction.

To develop its air cargo services, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has announced a lease with Amazon Global Air to re-develop and expand air cargo facilities at Newark Liberty International Airport. Why Amazon? The booming e-commerce is the answer. The new facilities will upgrade utilization for e-commerce package sortation and incremental cargo activity. 

In Canada, union workers at the Canada Border Services Agency began labor actions amid contract negotiations, which may result in delays in commercial traffic at local ports.  Maersk is already expecting a slowdown or withdrawal of non-essential services. 

Korean companies will get assistance from the Busan Port Authority to obtain Authorised Economic Operator certificates as part of efforts to strengthen the global competitiveness of small and medium enterprises. Moreover, these measures include legal compliance, safety management level, and financial health.