When goods are transferred around the world, they rarely go from departure to destination locations in one step. In fact, they may switch between air, ocean, land, and rail carriers before they reach their destination.
Freight forwarders do the work of organizing, planning, and optimizing global trade routes and logistics solutions to facilitate the movement and storage of those goods. They rely on an expansive network of transport vehicles, warehouses, and intermodal points to streamline the movement of goods and cargo across the whole world.
Freight forwarders and logistics companies gather information from shippers, warehousers, truckers, and more to plan the route cargo will take. When they need to incorporate a shipment, an optimized route is already available and ready to utilize.
International Freight Forwarding Services
International freight forwarding services helps ensure an uninterrupted supply chain for international shipping partners. International logistics include foreign customs, duties, regulations, and fees, that are constantly changing and being updated.
It is important for freight forwarders and logistics companies to carefully handle such processes and stay up to date on issues related to global transport. These things can change from day-to-day, and shippers should be aware of cost fluctuations, new regulations, or procedures at both destinations and departure points.
Cost
A shipping company handles transportation services for you, but an industry-leading freight forwarder can help you optimize your time and money. Freight forwarders incorporate your supply chain into an existing and strong network of shipments.
Asiana USA provides door-to-door transportation and logistics services that are meant to reduce overall costs. Our advanced and integrated shipping network allows us to optimize the movement of goods around the United States and the world.
Services
Freight forwarding services include tracking inland transportation, document preparation, warehousing, negotiating fees, insurance, cargo consolidation, and shipping. These services greatly improve shipping for the shipper, receiver, and freight forwarding company.
Ideally, you should seek a partner who can perform all of these services. If you use more than one or all of these services, this will optimize your supply chain and shipping experience overall.
Mode of Transport
The best freight forwarding service providers make use of all modes of travel. Optimizing shipping routes using land, rail ocean, and air freight allows for an extended network of travel to and from multiple intermodal drayage points.
Drayage shipping means that cargo is moved between major intermodal points using high-volume transport such as a ship or train. Then, smaller vehicles will move them to the cargo to its final destination.
Trucks are an efficient way to move cargo and single containers between drayage points. While long-haul trucking has often been used to transport containers long distances, this practice is being replaced by drayage trucking, and other modes of transport are used for longer transport.
This is a safer alternative and more efficient, as truckers can make multiple trips daily. Additionally, truck companies have been incorporating new technology to further optimize the trucking experience, such as automatic transmissions and multiple cameras.
Rail transport is a far more efficient way to move multiple containers long distances. Instead of one driver per truck per container, a train can move over 200 double-stacked containers, use far less energy, and require far less personnel to operate.
It’s a safer, more effective way to move large goods long distances. Using one train where 100 trucks would have been needed also creates less pollution.
Air freight is used for more time-sensitive shipments. As transporting cargo by air poses weight and size restrictions, it is better used for smaller cargo. Due to high demand and higher fuel costs, air travel may be less suitable for heavy supply chains.
However, when cargo needs to travel far overnight, air freight can usually be the best option. Other situations where air freight is preferable is if you are shipping perishable, sensitive or hazardous items where special handling is required.
The majority of shipping occurs via the ocean. Ships carry large container loads and optimize shipping routes between major global trade ports. Transporting large amounts of cargo between major ports all over the world by ship allows for the rest of the shipping industry to flourish.
Over 11 million containers arrive yearly at different ports in the United States, many of which continue their journey by land to different parts of the country.
Final Thoughts
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1. Sea freight is available for FCL (full container load), LCL (less than container load). The United States is divided into ports for the West Coast, East Coast and Gulf Coast.
East Coast: NEW YORK,SAVANNAH,MIAMI,HOUSTON,etc.
West Coast: OAKLAND, LONG BEACH, SEATTLE, WA, LOS ANGELES, etc.
Gulf Coast: TEXAS, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, and FLORIDA.
2. Air freight comprises a program of scheduled and deferred services from China with coverage via all major airports. Shipping from airports of Hongkong, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing, Xiamen to all international airports in the USA.
3. Air Express/Couriers services will ship your cargo from China to your US office or home address. And package forwarding service is actually FREE for you. We can get more than 50% discount prices from DHL, UPS, TNT, FedEx, EMS, but better than their services.
4. The Dedicated Shipping Line. Door-to-door services from China to the USA which is DDP shipping. But this shipping channel only receives carton packages. Not accept Anti Dumping products and Sensitive products. Amazon businessmen like this shipping way: Easy-Cost-Effective.
How Long To Ship From China To The USA?
1.Sea Shipping to the West coast is about 13-15 days, to the East coast is generally 23-25 days. 2. Air Shipping to US AirPort is generally 2-5 days, depending on which airline company your choose. 3. Courier services is about 3-5 days. 4. The Dedicated Line is about 8 working days.
How To Get Shipping Freight From China To The US?
Be sure to get the info below from your China supplier, which is very important for our customer services in order to give you the accurate quotation price: 1. Name of commodity and HS CODE 2. Estimated Shipping time 3. Place of delivery 4. Weight, Volume and packages way 5. Trade mode: FOB or EXW 6. Value for the commodity 7. To Door or to Port
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1. Full Container Shipping
20GP: Not more than 17 Tons.
40GP/HQ: Not more than 19 Tons.
2. Less than Container Shipping
Chargeable Weight:1CBM=363KG (Special in the United States)
If Weight/Volume > 363kg/m3,use weight number as the chargeable data
If Weight/Volume < 363kg/m3,use volume number as the chargeable data
3. DDP Shipping-How to calculate tariff in America?
HS Code of product.
Government Website: http://hts.usitc.gov/
Other tariff: HMF(0.125%) and MPF(0.3464%) of value
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Dominic Hyde, Vice President Crēdo On Demand at Peli BioThermal, discusses the developing trends in freight that have come about as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Previous predications in pharmaceutical transportation trends, highlighting declining air passenger numbers and increasing air freight demand, have all been propelled by the pandemic. Coronavirus continues to cause worldwide disruption and is anticipated to impact industry throughout 2021 and beyond.
Pandemic response - preighters take off
Pre-pandemic passenger numbers were already on the downturn. However, the crisis has significantly accelerated that trend and the crisis capacity crunch came as the number of passenger flights plummeted. The ensuing scramble to transport pandemic payloads saw the deployment of hundreds of passenger planes as freighters, known as ‘preighters’.
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Pioneering Portuguese charter operator Hi Fly led this trend, being the first to convert an A380 for freight by removing the majority of seats
Pioneering Portuguese charter operator Hi Fly led this trend, being the first to convert an A380 for freight by removing the majority of seats to provide more cargo capacity. Despite the sector seeing the grounding of hundreds of passenger planes, earlier than had been initially forecast, which led to a reduction in the availability of cargo space, we’ve seen more planes undergo such conversions.
However, the ongoing drastic downturn in travel means the loss of a lot of capacity in passenger aircraft, and while freighter aircraft are still present and working hard, fleet growth takes time, so there will be a slower response to replacing some of the capacity lost from the passenger side of the industry.
Large widebody aircraft – grounded or retired
Before COVID-19, it was predicted that airlines would cut flights from schedules, mothball larger aircraft, decline production options, and look to utilise smaller, more efficient aircraft – whether for environmental or economic reasons. All those decisions have now been massively accelerated. The forecast to park some of the larger, widebody aircraft has been brought forward significantly due to the COVID-19 crisis, and its ongoing impact has meant the majority of all 747 freighter aircraft have or are being retired. The A380, which Airbus had previously announced it would stop deliveries of in 2021, has also been retired across the board by numerous airlines.
Increasingly, airlines are grounding their A380s in favour of more modern, smaller jets that can fly more efficiently than their four-engine aviation counterparts.
What we will continue to see is a lot more interest in leaner aircraft, such as the A220, the Canadian Bombardier aircraft produced by Airbus in North America.
Sea change in modes of transport
There will be ongoing developments in the sea freight sector too, which has an estimated 17 million TEUs (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit) serviceable globally, of which six million containers are routinely turning and carrying freight.
Uncertainty in sea and air freight availability saw pharma companies initially ship everything they could, by any mode of transport available, to get it out to the markets. Following months of disruption, passenger airlines began loading aircraft with cargo in the lower decks and loose load cargo on the upper decks.
Whereas I was hoping things might be back to some kind of normality in March, I am now inclined to add another quarter to that. I now think there will be exacerbated sea freight and sea container availability issues throughout the first half of 2021.
Given the sea freight situation, we will continue to see the utilisation of air freight to transport pandemic payloads. When it comes to economics, without the passengers on the main deck is a much more expensive operational option. However, pharma customers are prepared to pay those premiums.
The volumetric efficiency on aircraft is critical at the moment because it is such a scarce resource. We need to ensure the best use is made of it. With air freight capacity a dwindling resource, it is even more important to have the efficient packing density of temperature-controlled products on such limited air freight resources.
Vaccines vs. virus - rapid response
As the development of successful COVID-19 vaccines continues, approved vaccines are already being administered as part of ongoing mass vaccination programmes worldwide. Temperature-controlled packaging manufacturers continue to play a pivotal part in the global deployment of these, but as COVID-19 vaccines fall into different families of technology, some have frozen and deep-frozen temperature requirements, leading to a scramble to qualify existing solutions for shipping at those specific lower temperatures.
In a rapid response to the logistical cold chain challenges involved, we have adapted our shippers to meet those requirements, as have other providers. There has been an impetus for innovation to support these temperatures in volume. Suppliers stepped up to meet the vaccine temperature challenges by adapting existing shipping solutions. The capacity is there, so I don’t anticipate it will be an issue going forward.
The focus is reverted back to the capacities in the transport modes and – given the nature of these drugs – people are paying whatever it costs to ship them, with rates rising sharply from $2.5 a kilo to $23 – although, that is starting to calm down.
Beyond the current vaccines being approved there will be the need to provide boosters. It is going to create a recurring step up in the volume of vaccines being shipped, alongside the flu vaccines being transported and other pharmaceutical payloads every year.
There will not be a continuous crisis. There will rather be a continuing trend for smaller aircraft with reduced air freight capacities moving pharmaceutical products at temperatures that sea freight cannot do. It really can only fly.
However, there’s not going to be a modal shift from air to sea because sea cannot meet the temperature requirements. You get a displacement, whereby COVID-19 shipments, whether vaccines, test kits and reagents, or some of the therapies which help with recuperation, are flying at almost any cost on a dwindling resource.
The pharmaceuticals, which have more normal temperature shipping requirements, get displaced. In that situation, when the air freight rates get so high, sea freight would normally be seen as a shipping solution.
However, with all of the sea freight challenges, coupled with the fact that their transportation rates have also doubled, there has been some displacement – although not as much as pharma companies would have liked, which is what has kept pushing the prices up in the region of the $23 a kilo figure for air freight we had seen previously in the market.
Sea freight will improve in the first six months of 2021, so some of that displacement can take place more efficiently. Aircraft, however, will still be loaded with COVID-19 related products.
2021 will see the industry learning to operate in ‘the new norm’. Next year, we might start to see some improvements and efficiencies, but I think this year is about adjusting our planning, our capacities and our operations around this spike in demand and the gradually improving capacity picture. Almost like wearing in a new pair of shoes.
The air cargo market has ushered in a new year, but there is no sign of cooling. International transportation activities usually weaken after the holiday season, but due to the unusual air transportation mode and the severe shortage of air transportation caused by the new coronavirus pandemic, demand and freight rates remain high.
The logistics company expects that the air cargo volume will not decline before the Spring Festival, because the manufacturer plans to continue operations during the traditional holidays.
The latest comprehensive statistics of World ACD and CLIVE Data Services in December show that compared with 2019, air cargo volume has fallen by only 3.7% to 5% respectively. These data show that the air cargo industry has recovered a lot since it bottomed out in May last year, when demand dropped by nearly 40%.
The demand for air transportation is largely driven by continuous inventory replenishment, the inventory-to-sales ratio of consumer goods is close to the lowest level in history, and a saturated marine container market. Analysts and logistics providers said that the congestion of ports and railways and the shortage of empty containers continue to push up shipping prices and cause serious delays, especially for main routes from Asia, which promotes a further increase in aviation demand.
The goods sought for air transportation include automotive equipment, consumer goods purchased online, and medical supplies related to COVID-19. Airplanes are also used to transport the new crown vaccine, because a large number of vaccines are transported by land, and sometimes only a few containers are needed for each flight, so it is not clear how many ordinary goods they replace. Nevertheless, when the capacity is tight, the vaccine will be given priority to board the plane.
San Francisco-based freight forwarding company Flexport said in a customer advisory update report that the remaining demand for game consoles and smartphone product releases in the fourth quarter will increase capacity constraints by mid-February.
Bruce Chan, vice president of global logistics at investment bank Stifel, said in a monthly comment that shippers are also more inclined to use air operations as an inventory buffer because their forecasting models have been completely overturned by the epidemic. He wrote: “Predicting consumption patterns and when they will stabilize is a huge fear, and the path forward is hardly linear, especially when the new coronavirus reignites and the government further implements blockades and border closures.”
In addition, many Chinese manufacturers announced that they will continue production during the Lunar New Year period from February 12 to 26. Factories are usually closed for 10 days or longer so that workers can celebrate with their families, but because the Chinese government encourages workers to celebrate the New Year on the spot, many factories will continue to operate this year. Flexport said this could create a backlog, as many freighter flights were cancelled a few weeks ago due to the expected full transport. Any backlog will depend on whether the factory continues to produce or take vacations at home.
The demand for air freight is so strong that experts predict that by the end of March the market will return to the level before the epidemic. This trend is in sharp contrast to the passenger traffic of the aviation industry, which is expected to remain sluggish until vaccination becomes more common in the second half of the year. Even then, the recovery of international travel may be slower, which means fewer aircraft for long-distance trade. Aviation industry officials said they don’t expect a full recovery until 2024.
Globally, freight rates are more than twice what they were a year ago, and freight rates from China to Europe and the United States are 2.5 times what they were a year ago. According to data from digital sales platforms, market information services and freight forwarders, the aircraft on these routes are full.
According to World ACD data, the average freight rate soared by 80% in December last year, from US$1.80 per kilogram to US$3.27 per kilogram, the highest year-on-year increase since May last year, but it fell by 10% since January this year.
Freight rates are under tremendous pressure, because although more all-cargo operators have added freighters and flights, global capacity is still about 20% lower than 2019 levels. The main culprit is the insufficient supply of wide-body passenger aircraft on international routes, most of which are still grounded due to the poor travel market. In fact, with the strict implementation of travel restrictions, airlines will reduce flights in the first quarter. For example, Air Canada and WestJet suspended 25% and 30% of their system capacity in the first quarter.
According to data from the International Civil Aviation Organization, the global all-cargo fleet increased by 22.4% to 673 aircraft in 2020. Airlines continue to increase capacity, including improved aircraft from passenger airlines, but this is not enough, because the space shortage is three to four times the decline in demand, and the gap may be even greater in the short term.
In the past month, Qatar Airways has added three Boeing 777 freighters to its fleet, and China Airlines and AirBridgeCargo have each added a factory-built aircraft. Swiss International Air Lines has added Seoul, South Korea and Lima, Peru to its cargo network. The flight from Zurich will be operated by a 777-300 extended-range passenger aircraft dedicated to cargo. The flight from Zurich will be operated by a 777-300 extended-range passenger aircraft dedicated to cargo.
In the past year, many freight forwarders have greatly increased the use of dedicated charter flights to ensure that they can provide transport capacity to their customers. German logistics giant DB Schenker significantly expanded its private aviation network last week. Now it has two routes, connecting Europe, Asia and North America for the first time. The cargo management company controls a total of 43 Boeing 747 or 777 freighter flights every week-equivalent to the space of a 135 wide-body airliner. Munich Airport is the hub for DB Schenker's intercontinental cargo between the United States and Asia.
Accurate forecasting by shippers will be crucial to manage their shipping requirements – and costs – efficiently, as air freight rates look set to remain high this year.
The Baltic Air Freight Index saw a 100% year-on-year increase this week, while the past few weeks have seen the highest readings since the Q2 capacity shortage.
However, forwarders in Asia have noted a softening market ex-China, in part due to lockdowns, although e-commerce remains strong.
One South-east Asian forwarder told The Loadstar: “Air freight wise, spot rates reduced after new year, but it was not a plunge. We might expect to see rates dropped in a couple of weeks, although in a normal year there should be a rush from middle of this month to early Feb because of Chinese new year.”
But, he added: “Air freight [rates] in general might not drop significantly for the next six months at least. After all, major passenger belly capacity will still be absent for a while.”
And there are other reasons to expect elevated rates this year, said Bruce Chan, vice president global logistics, at Stifel.
“On the demand front, restocking activity has been a major driver of global freight recovery across all modes, including air. Inventory to sales metrics remain near record lows in international consumer markets, particularly in the retail economy.
“And the capacity situation in ocean freight has not been helping, in our view. On the water, carrier capacity consolidation, a lack of available containers and hinterland bottlenecks have produced higher prices and significant delays, driving more incremental demand into the air and placing further pressure on capacity.”
He noted that forecasting models had been “upended”.
“Establishing baseline demand, apart from upstream restocking, and predicting how and when consumption patterns stabilise is a gargantuan feat, in our view. And the path forward is anything but linear, especially as Covid cases reignite and governments enact further shutdowns and border closures.
“Shippers may be more inclined to use air freight resupply as an inventory buffer in the face of such volatility and uncertainty.”
Mr Chan added that capacity shortages would continue to put pressure on rates. This is partly due to the booming e-commerce market, which Stifel believes has been exacerbated by Covid-19, with expected growth brought forward by two-to-three years, knocking traditional seasonal trends out of kilter.
And then there is PPE and vaccines.
Stifel said: “The full impact of vaccine distribution on air freight capacity may not be as severe as some anticipate, due to the disbursed nature of production and, quite simply, the form factor of the doses. We believe the bottlenecks are more likely to come from container availability, storage, handling, and road distribution.
“But the net effect will, unquestionably, be to absorb capacity, especially as vaccine shipments take priority over general cargo, with the impact likely to continue through 2021 and into 2022.”
Passenger demand is expected to return to some extent in the second half, as vaccines begin to take effect. But, as Stifel noted, this would likely drive short-haul traffic, while the long-haul market is not expected to make an early comeback.
Mr Chan also noted that the rates weren’t quite high enough to justify “short-term passenger-to-freighter conversions”.
But key to customers, he says, is to “look for creative alternatives for managing costs”.
“And the consequences of improper or inaccurate forecasting will be magnified, in our view, so accurate inputs are critical. To the extent possible, greater collaboration with partners is critical – communication with intermediaries and carriers and integration of data and technological tools. The bottom line is rates are likely to remain elevated and volatile for some time, and those looking for reprieve in 2021 may have to be patient.”
This year’s pricing for full calendar year contracts are being split between the “old normal for annual pricing and bock-space agreements, to the new normal of high market-based price heavily focused on ad-hoc agreements”, said Peter Stallion, head of air and containers at Freight Investor Services.
He said more companies were looking to index-linked contracts, with airlines pushing dynamic pricing.
2020 ended on something of a high for airlines, with volumes for 21 December to 3 January up 8% year on year, giving a record dynamic load factor of 73% in mid-December, while up to 3 January, load factors were also at an “unprecedented level for this time of the year”, of 65%, according to Clive Data Services, 13 percentage points higher than a year earlier. Capacity in December, compared with November, rose 2% and remained 21% lower than a year earlier.
“December’s performance was surprisingly strong, compared with the flattish level recorded in November and, in the second half of the month, volumes didn’t fall as much as we’d typically anticipate for this normally quieter time of year,” said Niall van de Wouw, MD of Clive.
Mozambique is a country in southern Africa. At present, there is no direct flight between China and Mozambique, and Chinese citizens can transfer to Mozambique via South Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya and qatar. The Bole International Airport air traffic hub in Africa, many African countries went to other passengers in transit.
Ten city of Mozambique, Nampula, Maputo, Bella, Peng Ba Whelan, Kulusi Tete, Inhambane, Chris Mane, etc., Chimoio Lichinga airport. Which Maputo is the capital of Mozambique, located at the southern tip of Mozambique, near the India Yanmar Maputo Bay, is not political, economic and cultural center, the country's largest city. Maputo port is one of the major ports in East africa.
Maputo International Airport (IATA Code: MPM; ICAO Code: FQMA) is a civil airport 3 kilometers northwest of Mozambique, capital of the Republic of Maputo. Main international, regional and international demand of passenger and freight transport business, many waypoints to the main city of African countries and region, and the Portuguese airline to fly to Lisbon flights, Qatar Airlines operating flights to Doha.
Chinese cargo flights to Mozambique Maputo many, Qatar Airways, Ethiopia airlines, Turkey airlines, South African Airways have flights to Guangzhou, Hongkong, Shanghai, from the start, Beijing, aged 5-7 days. Hongkong to Maputo air freight about RMB40/1000KG+, the volume of goods is not recommended to go, suitable for the value of high, aging requirements of high goods.
Cargo price usually by air freight, fuel surcharge, war of three parts, logistics Baba cargo price is mainly composed of air freight charges, documentation fees, operating fees, manifest pre recorded fees, fuel surcharges. Customers can also add custom declaration, insurance and other value-added activities according to their requirements.
Air freight forwarding is the general freight forwarding to the airport, the customer needs to go to the airport, their own customs clearance and delivery, if the need for customs clearance, the cost is relatively high.
Exports to Mozambique ordinary no special requirements, but the foreign customs tax is serious. The raw material tariff is 2.5%, the fixed assets (class K), the tariff 5%, the tariff for the assembled goods is 7.5%, and the consumer goods is 20%. Customs clearance requirements, packing list, invoice, bill of lading, PSI inspection, certificate of origin, etc.. The government has stopped exporting pornographic and pornographic books and periodicals, film and television, posing as commodities, pirated goods and goods of false origin.
Search air network Maputo air transport, low-cost transit, can receive general cargo, bulk cargo, wooden boxes need to be hit. Airline one to one follow-up, cargo tracking, higher security. From China's air transport export to Mozambique, according to customer requirements, layout, door-to-door, and delivery of the destination.
The shipping industry in 2020 can be said to be half winter and half summer.
Affected by the epidemic, China's exports declined in the first half of the year, and the shipping industry was cold and "overwintering" ahead of schedule. In the second half of the year, the neglected shipping industry directly entered the "midsummer." As the epidemic situation in China stabilizes and the economy recovers steadily, goods from all countries are transferred from Chinese ports. For a time, China's shipping industry is showing a busy scene.
“It’s too difficult to order containers now!” A reporter from the Securities Daily could see vehicles transporting containers coming and going at the Shanghai port. A foreign trade official who did not want to be named told the reporter: “At present, I want to order a container. The price can be said to be one price per day. Not only that, even if the container is booked, I still have to worry about the availability of the cabin."
"Shanghai SIPG, Ningbo, and Shenzhen are all major ports in the world. In 2018 and 2019, the container throughput of Shanghai Port was ranked first. Recently, the container shipping market is very hot, and many boxes cannot be returned after they go out." People from listed companies commented on the reporter of "Securities Daily".
In this regard, Liu Wang, chairman of Shanghai Tianhui International Logistics Co., Ltd., told reporters: “The price of container transportation has been rising. Because shipping companies have fewer ships, they often suspend voyages, and the lack of boxes is common, even if the price increases. It cannot fundamentally solve the problem of missing boxes."
• One price a day, "boxes" are crazy
"The most exaggerated time in the past 10 years." Speaking of the current shipping industry, Ms. Xie, who is engaged in the foreign trade industry, told a reporter from the Securities Daily. Ms. Xie is mainly responsible for the freight of Guangzhou Nansha Port and Shenzhen Port. She told reporters that taking a 40-foot container as an example, the highest sea freight to the Middle East at this time last year was about US$3,000. It costs almost US$5,000 now. Last year, it was US$2,800 to US$3,200 to Europe, and now it is US$6,000 to US$7,000. This year, the freight is almost twice the same period last year.
By the end of the year, the lack of positions became a true portrayal of the operation industry.
“Nowadays, there is a shortage of containers and high freight rates. The supply exceeds demand. During the epidemic, there was a large backlog of foreign containers that could not be arranged for delivery, and no one carried the goods. Almost all customers were looting containers. Under current market conditions, there are few freight forwarders. When looking for new customers, they are basically priority old customers.” Ms. Xie told reporters that the new year is approaching, and major suppliers are fully shipping. It is expected that the shortage of containers will continue.
"First of all you have to have a position, then you have to line up the truck to get the container, and finally you have to wait for the port to open before you can enter the port. Every day, you have to go through five hurdles, and you have to face customer soul torture. It's late, can't you figure it out?" A shipping forwarder complained about the tightness of the current export containers.
Liu Wang revealed to the "Securities Daily" reporter: "Many forwarders who have no boxes sometimes look for scalpers. Now forwarders are looting positions. The positions have to be booked in advance. Many people robbed and reselled them. In the past, they did not lose their shipping fees. Now that the shipping companies are recovering their losses, the shipping companies are about to usher in a wave of market conditions this year. After the merger and reorganization last year, it is estimated that all the money lost in the past will be made back this year."
Liu Wang said: “In the past Christmas and the Spring Festival, there will be a wave of liquidation market, this year is particularly fierce because of the epidemic. South American container boxes were the lowest in history at 50 US dollars a small container, and now basically it costs more than 5,000 US dollars, and a large box 10,000. U.S. dollars, if $5,000 this week is too expensive for you, you may not be able to order $6,000 next week, basically one price a week."
In fact, the current container price has been upgraded to a daily basis. A person in charge of an international logistics company said: “In Qingdao Port, the price of a second-hand 40-foot container in previous years was about US$2,000. On November 27 this year, the price rose to US$2,850; by November 30, the price of a second-hand container rose to US$3,200. ; On December 3, it rose to 3,400 US dollars again, almost one day."
According to data from the freight benchmark company Xeneta, the current average price of short-term market contracts in Asia and Europe for three months or less is 200% higher than a year ago, at $4,831 per 40 feet. But from the same period last year, freight rates across Southeast Asia have increased by an astonishing 390.5%.
The relevant person in charge of COSCO SHIPPING Holdings told reporters: “As the volume of goods continues to rise, the demand for export containers has greatly increased, and the domestic guarantee for container use has become tighter. However, the turnover of overseas empty containers has generally slowed due to the continuous impact of the epidemic situation in various places. Transfer back to China to meet demand."
"The whole industry is looking for boxes everywhere, and some merchants are beginning to hoard boxes to speculate on prices." In the eyes of industry insiders, the current situation of foreign trade companies being difficult to find a box is not only because of the slow operation of containers, but also because of the reduction of some routes. .
"There are few ship lines, and most of the cabinets shipped abroad can't return. This is the root cause of the skyrocketing price of the domestic container transportation market." Liu Wang explained to the reporter: "It's not that foreign cabinets are not coming back. It is the epidemic situation abroad. The impact is that the workers do not go to work and the speed of transportation is relatively slow. Now everyone is sharing the warehouse."
According to Liu Wang, the container ships now and the alliance has been formed since last year. Originally, it used its own ships to transport the goods. Now four or five shipowners or five or six companies form an alliance, and use the same ship. warehouse. "It turns out that there may be several shipping companies arranging several shifts to go to sea in a week. Once we formed an alliance, the shifts decreased in a week. This started last year. Now shipping companies often stop once a week, which objectively leads to a shortage of ships. ."
A person in charge of the Shanghai Maritime Logistics Company introduced to a reporter from the Securities Daily: "At present, the proportion of import and export trade by sea is imbalanced. There are few boxes coming in and many boxes going out . In addition, China has quickly prevented and controlled the epidemic, and overseas orders have continued to surge. , Increasing the pressure on shipping. Overseas, affected by the epidemic, the operation cycle of containers shipped out due to business environment problems has been lengthened, the arrival process has increased, and the operation efficiency has slowed and lengthened the circulation cycle. Due to the early outbreak of the epidemic, major shipping The company has reduced many routes, resulting in uneven distribution of global container volumes."
The industry believes that with the increase in market demand, the current effective capacity is obviously insufficient.
The relevant person in charge of COSCO Shipping Holdings revealed to the reporter: "As the global epidemic prevention and control has become normalized, global trade has been rapidly repaired since the third quarter of this year, and the demand in the container shipping market has recovered beyond expectations. In order to meet the growth of transportation demand, market capacity has gradually returned to normal. , The idle capacity has dropped rapidly from the record high of more than 2.7 million TEU (international standard unit units) in May this year. At present , there is no airworthy effective capacity to rent in the market. "
In the context of uneven global container deployment, container prices on different routes have also risen at different rates.
"Since November, the price of the U.S. line has increased by about four times compared with the beginning of the year, and the European line has risen to the highest price last year. From the perspective of the distribution of China’s export routes, the U.S. container accounts for 25%, Europe accounts for 25%, and Southeast Asia , Northeast Asia adds up to 50%, the US route is now hard to find a box is the norm, followed by the European route, freight is also very tight. The price of Malaysia route in Southeast Asia has also doubled recently." The person in charge of the aforementioned logistics company added.
Facing the increase in demand for containers, the above-mentioned relevant person in charge of COSCO SHIPPING Holdings stated: “The company will strengthen scientific forecasts for container use, actively coordinate dual-brand superior resources, and make every effort to guarantee the use of containers during peak seasons. On the one hand, internally tap the potential and accelerate overseas heavy container Demolition speed, increase empty container callback domestic and Far East efforts to promote container turnover; on the other hand, close communication with container manufacturers and container leasing companies to seek more container sources. Through two-pronged and multiple measures, to guarantee domestic container use Provide effective assistance and try our best to meet the shipping needs of customers."
In order to meet the development needs of the container market, SIPG has launched a number of effective measures to promote container volume growth in response to the market. At the beginning of this year, the Group launched seven special measures for container growth, through the implementation of preferential international transit loading and unloading fees, extension of the international transit container storage exemption period, and sea-rail intermodal customs clearance container preferential projects. In the first half of the year, the Group established three major container areas: Yangshan, Outer Harbor, and Domestic Trade, striving to achieve overall planning and agglomeration effects.
According to SIPG’s official announcement, in October, each terminal of Shanghai Port set a new record. The monthly throughput of Shengdong Company exceeded 820,000 TEUs for the first time. Among them, 33068 TEUs and 12899.75 TEUs were updated on October 25. Class record; Guandong Company broke through 720,000 TEU, setting a new record again.
• How long can the "shortage of containers" last? What is the future prospect of the shipping industry?
"The first half of the year was affected by the new crown epidemic. Ports and shipping fields did suffer a relatively large negative impact, so the first half of the year was basically a negative growth state. In the second half of the year, especially after the third quarter, normal operations resumed to a certain extent, plus China The epidemic has been controlled to a certain extent, and most of the economic activities have been resumed first. Therefore, compared with the first half of the year, there is indeed a big sign of a bottoming out." said Liu Dian, a research assistant at the Chongyang Institute of Finance of Renmin University of China.
In the first two months of this year, my country's foreign trade imports and exports dropped significantly. According to China Customs data, from January to February 2020, my country's total import and export value of goods trade was 4.12 trillion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 9.6%. Among them, exports were 2.04 trillion yuan, down 15.9%; imports were 2.08 trillion yuan, down 2.4%.
Although the current domestic epidemic situation is under control, the global epidemic is breaking out, and exports are still under certain impact.
It can be said that in the first half of this year, people in the shipping industry were mainly pessimistic about my country's export prospects. In the second half of the year, the industry was generally optimistic about the future development of the shipping industry.
Insiders analyzed to the "Securities Daily" reporter that this round of container freight price increases began in the middle of this year. At that time, after the domestic epidemic was brought under control, foreign countries were greatly affected by the epidemic, and many overseas orders were transferred to the domestic market. When shipping from China, the shipping price began to rise. According to Liu Wang's prediction, this round of price increases will continue until the first quarter of next year.
An unnamed person in charge of maritime logistics said: "As the epidemic stabilizes, this hot market will continue into the first half of next year, or even longer."
"This wave of increase in container shipping prices has driven the adjustment of the entire foreign trade sector, breaking the laws of the past decades in the industry. Not only ocean freight, air freight and land transportation have different levels of influence and changes. The epidemic has accelerated the entire large trade sector. The consolidation and adjustment of the shipping sector will gradually move towards intensive development. Shipping companies have become monopolistic after years of integration and mergers. The aviation sector and the land transport sector are also rapidly integrated, and a new chapter will emerge in the future foreign trade field." People say so.
According to Huang Tianhua, chairman of the China Container Industry Association and vice president of CIMC, predicted that the shortage of containers may continue for about six months . He said: "We have monitored that if there are 500,000 new containers in China normally, they are in a completely healthy state if they are ready for use in the docks or ports, but the current tighter inventory is about 300,000 new containers. I expect it to be possible. In the next three months to six months, this slightly tense balance will continue. This is probably a trend in the current industry."
Although the industry is generally optimistic about the shipping industry, Liu Dian believes that the total global trade volume in 2020 will still drop a certain percentage from the previous year, but from the perspective of the shipping industry, it will definitely be from the third quarter to the fourth quarter. There will be a better market.
Liu Dian said: “Affected by the epidemic in the first half of the year, the uncertainties slowed down in the second half of the year, and the overall trend showed a relatively large rebound. Therefore, from a macro perspective, global international trade has rebounded to a certain extent. China is the first to resume the rebound led by the next."
" At present, the shipping industry is mainly affected by three factors :
Di Yi factor is that the global economy is expected to have a recovery, so after the third quarter, international trade has been warmer, led the field of shipping industry as a whole for the better, whether it is from container or just have some trade from the sea to pick up case .
The second factor is that with the signing of the RCEP agreement, a series of regional economic integration cooperation relations in East Asia and Southeast Asia will improve, which will benefit the import and export trade of China and related countries.
The third factor is that although the epidemic has not been eliminated on a global scale, all countries are in short supply, such as medical supplies, production supplies, and living supplies. China is now the world's largest trade surplus country. Under such circumstances, China's export trade, including part of its import trade, will also get a relatively large rebound in demand, and at the same time promote the rise of a series of shipping-related industry indexes in related fields, including the container shipping index. "Liu Dian said.
Price is only an indicator in the process of purchasing a product or service . If you simply compare prices, it is not so thoughtful. Price, quality, service, word of mouth, suitability for your own situation, etc. all need to be considered together.
General cargo aircraft air valence is usually divided into M, N, Q stage, wherein the stage is divided into Q + 45, + 100, + 300, + 500, + 1000, such as different levels - greater the weight, the rate cheaper . M stands for MinimumCharge. The lowest freight is also called the minimum freight. It is the lowest freight that airlines can accept for handling a batch of goods. N means NormalRate, which generally refers to a price less than 45KGS. To apply this freight rate, two conditions must be met at the same time: 1) It must be under 45 kg; 2) It must be ordinary goods-if the specified commodity freight rate is applicable, or the applicable grade The freight rate is not applicable to this freight rate, so N will also be marked as -45KGS. Q means QuantityRate. Q freight rate is the most common in actual shipments. Generally, air freight is mostly higher than 45 kg. If it is lower than 45 kg, general express is fine. Customs clearance is quick to return to the door and the speed is also Not bad.
Freight ForwardingHow does the company count as international Air freight? What constitutes air freight
Air freight rate composition:
1. Airfreight freight (charged by airlines)
2. Fuel surcharge (according to the airport, the price of the destination point is different, Hong Kong now generally the first 4 yuan, before 3.6, last year the highest 4.8, the price is adjusted by the airport, generally 2 yuan to Asia)
4. Airport operation fee (HKD283/ticket for Hong Kong, the airport is responsible for transporting goods on the plane, etc.)
5. Terminal fee: 1.72/kg When the goods are handed over to the dealer, the dealer is responsible for the boarding and other things, which will eventually be collected by the airport)
6. Air master bill fee: HKD15/bl is the bill of lading fee-proof of title.
The above is the " How does a freight forwarding company calculate international air freight? " compiled by the editor of Taijie International Logistics . What is the air freight rate? The detailed content, I hope it can be helpful to everyone. Now it is during the peak season of National Day. If you want to ship by air, you need to make an appointment in advance, and your goods can be shipped by air if they are more than 45 kg. Delivery from different places will also affect the calculation of air freight costs, but generally there will not be too much difference. You can consult several freight forwarding companies in Shenzhen to find out.
A China-Europe Express platform company said that since the beginning of this year, the shipment volume of China-Europe Express Express has continued to increase, but the limited port operation capacity, coupled with the impact of border epidemic prevention and control and other factors, has caused a large amount of cargo to be backlogged at the port. "From the second half of this year, At the beginning, some ports experienced serious congestion. With the increase in freight demand at the end of the year, congestion has become more serious recently."
Against the background of "extreme" demand and lack of equipment, the price of freight transport by China-Europe railway has jumped fivefold . In addition, the backlog of containers on the border between China and Kazakhstan (Alashankou and Khorgos) prompted the temporary suspension of some westbound services.
GEODIS, a leading French logistics company, told its customers: “The space on the westbound is very tight. According to the availability of venues and equipment, delivery is accepted according to the company’s reservations. “Since the westbound service has a very large demand for space, we require Check all possible bookings one by one. "
With air and sea transportation restricted, railway traffic is approaching full capacity, and the delays on the China-Kazakhstan border have exacerbated traffic congestion. According to Rob Foster, business development manager for Norman Global Logistics Central and North China, the main problem is traffic congestion, not service suspension. He said that "the border has a large backlog of goods, and the railway transportation company cannot handle the volume of trucks." "In the first week of December, the westbound price per 40-foot high container ranged from US$6,000 to US$10,000, four or five times that of the same period last year. Shipping companies would not even guarantee to provide space at such a price. " "Serious shortage of equipment . " It is also a key issue , especially outside of China.
"By manipulating the ocean freight market, shipping companies have caused this problem to a large extent, affecting all services. For several months, airlines have been operating small ships, coupled with suspension of services, slowly forming pressure. Rail transport companies There are some containers, but there are still many containers that are leased."
He pointed out that in recent years, there has been an "explosive growth" in train services, which has increased from a few times a week to a few hundred times a month, putting considerable pressure on the railway network. In fact, taking Alashankou as an example, the latest data shows that this year's railway transmission volume has increased by 42% to 4,500 times, and the entire China-Europe railway network has sent more than 10,000 times.
In response to the current serious backlog of ports, the National Railway Group issued dispatch orders this month:
Dispatch order:
• Issued on November 22: From 22 to 25, shipments of outbound goods via Alashankou and Horgos except for the China-Europe Express will be suspended.
• Issued on December 8th: From 8th to 13th, all kinds of goods exported to Erlian and Alashankou will be suspended. If there are key materials, they must be reported to the National Railway Group.
• Issued on December 13th: From 13th to 16th, cargoes exported to Manzhouli, Erlian and Alashankou will be suspended (except for the scheduled train).
• Re-delivery on December 16th: From 18:00 on the 16th to 18:00 on the 19th, all kinds of goods exported to Manzhouli and Alashankou except for the scheduled China-Europe Express train will stop loading.
On December 12, the National Railway Group responded to the recent congestion of the China-Europe Express, saying that the port handover capacity has indeed declined recently, and some corridors have moved slowly. The National Railway Group said this is due to the approach of Christmas in the West. The demand is strong, and the epidemic prevention and control measures at port stations have been strengthened, as a result of factors such as bad weather overseas. The railway department has taken measures to carry out source regulation and deconstruction, and adopt phased capacity regulation measures; at the same time, implement capacity expansion and transformation at Khorgos, Erlianhot and other ports to improve handover capabilities; strengthen international coordination and cooperation. China National Railway Group stated that the above measures have effectively relieved port congestion. China National Railway Group requires that China-Europe Express trains will not be suspended or installed during this period.
The above-mentioned China-Europe Express platform company said that a train from China to Europe needs to be changed twice in the middle. The first time was when China exited the CIS countries or Mongolia, the standard gauge (1435) Cm) car plate, replaced by a wide gauge (1520 cm) car plate, the second change is to go from Russia westbound to Europe, and then change from the wide gauge car plate to the standard gauge car plate, the smooth operation of the train needs Close cooperation with countries along the way.
"Because the trains on the outbound journey are blocked at the port, and there are no trains on the return journey to pick up the containers, once congestion occurs, it will be two-way." The above-mentioned person said.
A freight forwarder engaged in the China-Europe freight train business in Central Asia also told a reporter from China Business News that the limited number of railway infrastructure and loading and unloading equipment in some Central Asian countries and the low level of dispatching are one of the important reasons for congestion. For example, the number of wide-gauge car plates in Kazakhstan is much lower than that of Chinese ports. After the car plates are dispatched to Europe, Kazakhstan's own ports face the problem of insufficient car plates.
Regarding the reasons for the increasing demand for China-Europe Express, an international logistics company said that under the impact of the epidemic, air freight prices have skyrocketed, and shipping companies have reduced the number of ocean freighters and the number of ports of call. The convenience and effectiveness are greatly reduced. Rail freight has become the choice of more and more customers. "Air transport capacity is limited, and freight is high. Maritime transport involves crew quarantine, cargo handling and other links, frequent personnel contacts, which were greatly affected during the epidemic. Many goods originally transported by air and sea were transferred to rail transportation, which led to the beginning of February this year. , The volume of China-Europe express trains continues to grow."
The data released by China Railway Group also showed that as of November 5, the number of China-Europe freight trains in 2020 has reached 10,180, which has exceeded the number of trains in the whole year of last year, transporting 927,000 TEUs of goods, an increase of 54% year-on-year. In November this year, the China-Europe freight train continued to operate at a high level, with 1,238 trains operating 115,000 TEUs, an increase of 64% and 73% year-on-year respectively, and the comprehensive heavy container rate reached 98.8%.
Air cargo has ushered in the traditional peak season again. Not only has the volume of cargo increased sharply, but also the phenomenon of warehouse explosions and queues. The air freight prices of some routes have also increased or even doubled.
Katie Griley, vice president of operations at Griley Air Freight, revealed that the peak season is coming. Even if the cargo arrives at the local airport, it will take 4 to 8 hours for truck drivers to pick up the cargo from Los Angeles International Airport.
In this regard, the International Air Cargo Association (IATA) stated that during the surge in e-commerce in recent months, the continuous shortage of capacity due to the lack of passenger aircraft services will cause a particularly serious blow to the air cargo industry.
So what is the current domestic situation?
An executive vice president of international freight in Shanghai said that it is now in the traditional peak season for air transportation, and the recent traffic jams and queues in the unloading area of the airport logistics storage area are very serious. The liquidation should start in mid-October, and not only the volume of cargo has increased significantly, but the freight prices of major routes have also increased a lot.
In fact, not only the domestic but also the international air cargo market has been in a high boom this year. The freight rate has also been at a high level for a long time. Some routes have also risen to the highest prices in history.
2. The reason for the explosion of air freight and the skyrocketing freight?
According to a report from CCTV Finance, Dexun Group East China Managing Director Fu Keqiang said that from the second quarter to the present, the four main products that have contributed to the growth of air freight are electronic products, e-commerce channel products, personal protective equipment and auto parts. , These four products accounted for the main growth factors.
Zhao Chao, a senior analyst in the transportation industry of Changjiang Securities, said that on the one hand, the shortage of transportation capacity is difficult to reverse in the short term. On the other hand, when consumption in Europe and the United States is the most prosperous, such as Christmas and other shopping seasons, the overall freight rate should still remain. The high position will continue to rise.
So how to explain to customers in English?
1. Peak season demand soars
Paul Molinaro, head of WHO's business support and logistics operations, told Reuters that a series of factors have driven prices up, including the higher-than-usual increase in e-commerce before Christmas.
According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, e-commerce sales in the United States in the third quarter increased by 37% compared with the same period in 2019. According to data collected by Buy Shares, online shopping spending during the Thanksgiving weekend (including Black Friday and Cyber Monday) increased by 20% to $29.6 billion.
According to data sent to the Global Times by cross-border e-commerce platform DHgate, shipments from China to the US accounted for approximately 68% of the platform's total sales in September. Peak season for Christmas decoration transportation. The best sellers are Santa sack, solar LED string lights, Christmas snowman, artificial flowers and Christmas masks.
We can tell our customers like this:
Airline body IATA’s chief economist Brian Pearce said that Christmas demand “exaggerates the problem” of a surge in demand for airfreight.
Airline International Air Transport Association (IATA) chief economist Brian Pearce (Brian Pearce) said that the demand for Christmas prompted the explosion of international air cargo.
The COVID-19 pandemic's impact on production in countries around the world and the nearing of Christmas, a peak season for export of Chinese products to Europe and the United States, were part of the reasons for the surge in demand for airfreight.
Due to the impact of the epidemic on the production of countries around the world and the approach of Christmas, which is the peak season for China’s exports to Europe and the United States, this is also part of the reason for the explosion of air cargo.
2. Insufficient capacity
Data from the global air cargo market showed that air cargo demand continued to grow in October, but the growth rate was lower than the previous month.
IATA Director-General and CEO Alexandre de Juniac (Alexandre de Juniac) pointed out that air cargo demand is picking up, and we believe this trend will continue into the fourth quarter.
We can tell our customers like this:
Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s director general and chief executive, notes that the biggest problem for air cargo is the lack of capacity, as much of the passenger fleet remains grounded.That will likely be exaggerated with shoppers relying on e-commerce – 80 per cent of which is delivered by air.
IATA Director-General and CEO Alexander de Juniac said: The biggest problem with air cargo is insufficient capacity, because most passenger planes are still grounded. If shoppers continue to shop online, it is no exaggeration to say that 80% of them are delivered by air.
So, the capacity crunch from the grounded aircraft will hit particularly hard in the closing months of 2020 which were part of the reasons for the surge in demand for airfreight.
Therefore, in the months before 2020, the production capacity of grounded aircraft will be particularly severe, which is also part of the reason for the explosion of air cargo.
3. Soaring freight
It is reported that due to the impact of the epidemic, the United States announced restrictions on flights from Asia and Europe, which affected the capacity of transportation and hauling of goods. Global supply chain disruptions and restrictions have forced operators to rely on commercial aircraft, which has led to a sharp increase in the rates of all-cargo airlines.
According to a report from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the highly anticipated releases of electronic products such as the iPhone and Play Station 5 are traditionally shipped by air during Christmas and Black Friday.
The increase in air freight demand before the holidays caused rates to soar again. From October 12th to November 9th, freight rates between China/Hong Kong and the United States increased by nearly 46%, reaching US$7.40 per kilogram, more than double the same period last year.
American Airlines President Robert Isom said last month: “From August to September alone, we doubled our cargo volume and operated 1,900 flights, serving 32 destinations in the third quarter. Provide services locally."
We can tell our customers like this:
A surge in demand for airfreight during the pandemic, coupled with peak season needs, has pushed UPS/Fedex/DHL to once again raise fees on goods flowing from China to the foreign countries.
The surge in demand for air transportation during the epidemic, coupled with peak season demand, prompted UPS/Fedex/DHL, etc. to once again increase the charges for goods from mainland China to other countries.
With holiday season upon us, shippers are yet again forced to shell out higher prices. Decreased capacity and higher rates have been a staple this year, causing fluctuating prices in air cargo especially, and in order to secure space, shippers have paid higher rates and additional surcharges.
With the advent of the holidays, shippers are again forced to pay higher prices. Declining capacity and rising tariffs are the main things this year, especially because of the fluctuations in air cargo prices. In order to ensure space, the shipper paid higher rates and surcharges.
The International Air Transport Association Brian Pearce said at a recent press conference that all signs indicate that air cargo volumes will continue to grow for the rest of the year. And manufacturers (the main driving force of air transport) are particularly bullish. In response to this situation, what are the current measures taken by all parties?
3. What are the measures taken by all parties?
domestic
Faced with the huge increase in demand for international air cargo, airlines have also increased the delivery of international cargo flights . According to statistics, China's international cargo flights increased substantially at the end of October, reaching about 2.3 times the same period last year. All airlines have invested more cargo capacity, and the frequency of both all-cargo aircraft and "passenger-to-cargo" aircraft has increased significantly.
Wang Jianmin, deputy general manager of Eastern Airlines Logistics Co., Ltd., said that the number of "passenger-to-cargo" flights increased significantly in October and November, and there were more than 100 more flights in October compared with September. In November, the number of "passenger-to-cargo" flights increased to 1,000. Around, a substantial increase from October. In November, the utilization rate of freighters reached a peak of 14 hours per day, and some exceeded 14 hours.
foreign
Lu Dongmei, China's chief representative of Lufthansa, said that in order to meet the growing demand for cargo capacity, Lufthansa has turned passenger planes into cargo planes and filled their abdominal cavity with cargo that can fly around the world. In addition to the all-cargo operations 20 cargo flights a week, but China also conducted five weekly flights on passenger aircraft turnaround.
Canadian officials said that due to the impact of the epidemic, its e-commerce market is growing, and there is a chronic shortage of cargo aircraft. Air Canada plans to convert the Boeing 767, which has recently withdrawn from passenger service, to be able to carry large containers and pallets on the main deck. The premise is that the carrier needs to reach an agreement with the pilot.
DHL Express said that due to the grounding of most passenger aircraft, the abdominal muscle capacity is insufficient, although there are plans to provide air charter services to serve certain major markets. But this year still adds six aircraft, which is to overcome the air cargo capacity restrictions caused during the epidemic.
Finally, remind foreign trade friends who are shipping by air in the near future to communicate with customers on capacity in a timely manner, and to be cautious in quoting (each airline may adjust prices frequently) to avoid unnecessary losses.
