On July 22, the international liner Market Research meeting held by the Ministry of transport, the Ministry of Commerce and the State Administration of market supervision was held in Shanghai Shipping Exchange. Huanshi logistics group, as one of the representatives of the four freight forwarding enterprises participating in the research meeting, attended the meeting and participated in the report and discussion.

At the meeting, leaders of relevant departments of the three ministries and commissions and heads of relevant departments such as Shanghai Municipal Commission of communications, Shanghai Municipal Bureau of market supervision and Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce attended. Mainly around: views on the development situation and trend of international trade; Relevant measures taken by freight forwarding enterprises to avoid shipping market risks, reduce logistics costs, sign long-term agreements with liner companies, and lock transport capacity and freight rate; Fees charged by freight forwarders; And exchange opinions and suggestions on stabilizing the liner market.

Novel coronavirus pneumonia has been increasing since the second half of the year, and the shipping costs have risen month by month since the second half of the year, and the price of freight transport has risen month by month, which is much higher than last year.

According to the China Containerized Freight Index released by Shanghai Shipping Exchange, it was reported at 2854.02 on July 23, an increase of 3% over the previous period.

In its latest report this month, the famous maritime consulting agency Drewry said that it is common for the spot freight rate of the route to have a three digit annual growth rate. Although the market is no longer shocked by this extreme freight rate, in fact, this situation in the centralized transportation market is unprecedented. At present, there is no sign that the spot freight rate has reached the peak. It is expected that the spot freight rate will rise further in the third quarter with the support of maritime surcharge. Driven by the global economic recovery and replenishment activities, the demand for goods is still large. In the second half of this year, with the further liberalization of the global epidemic ban measures, the demand growth of physical consumption may weaken, and the service expenditure will gradually recover. However, the occurrence of extreme logistics events will still affect the tension of logistics supply chain and push the freight rate up again.

However, in the dimension of production and operation, high freight rates have overwhelmed the majority of shippers and have a direct impact on Global trade. The survey found that the current freight rate has begun to curb the demand for shipments, and some enterprises have to cancel orders or transfer foreign trade to domestic sales. The impact on the shipper will eventually affect the upstream and downstream service providers of the carrier.

Shippers participating in the survey called on the international shipping industry to focus on the long term, cherish the current market opportunities for recovery after China's epidemic, and establish long-term, stable, mutually beneficial and win-win cooperative relations with customers.

In addition, Huanshi logistics group stood out from many international freight forwarding enterprises. As one of the representatives of freight forwarding enterprises in the research conference, it actively participated in the discussion and explored feasible suggestions from the perspective of the healthy and sustainable development of the industry. As a national 5A logistics enterprise and a leading digital international logistics company in China, Huanshi logistics will adhere to the concept of "creating value for customers", rely on the advantages of multi region, multi route and multi product line, and actively find solutions to reduce costs and increase efficiency for customers under the current situation of high freight rates; Adhere to long-term ism and make due contributions to promoting the sustainable development of the industry.