Due to sluggish demand during the peak season and more and more new ships entering the market, the Shanghai Export Container Freight Index (SCFI) fell below 1,000 points again.
Due to sluggish demand during the peak season and more and more new ships entering the market, the Shanghai Export Container Freight Index (SCFI) fell below 1,000 points again. The container shipping giant is trying to stabilize freight rates by increasing work reductions before the long holiday on October 1.
According to the latest data released by the Shanghai Aviation Exchange, the SCFI index fell 34.42 points to 999 points last week, a weekly decline of 3.33%. After a brief rebound for a week, the SCFI index fell again. Among the major long-distance routes, the North American route fell again after a strong rebound in the previous week, and the European route freight rates also remained weak.
The freight rate per FEU from the Far East to the US West fell by US$99 to US$2,037, a weekly decrease of 4.63%;
The freight rate per FEU from the Far East to the US East route fell by US$263 to US$2,869, a weekly decrease of 8.4%.
The freight rate per TEU on the Far East to Europe line fell by US$54 to US$714, a decrease of 7.03%;
The freight rate per TEU on the Far East to Mediterranean line fell by US$56 to US$1,308, a weekly decrease of 4.11%.
On the near-ocean line, freight rates fluctuated.
Among them, the freight rate per TEU from the Far East to Kansai, Japan fell by US$1 compared with the previous week;
The freight rate per TEU from the Far East to Japan's Kanto remained unchanged from the previous week;
The freight rate per TEU from the Far East to Southeast Asia increased by US$10 compared with the previous week;
The freight rate per TEU from the Far East to South Korea remained unchanged from the previous week.
China has changed from the second largest creditor of the United States to the third largest creditor, and the United Kingdom has become the second largest creditor.
Recently, many countries have issued notices to strictly investigate the falsification of certificates of origin and crack down on violations of re-export trade.