Container shortage! On average, 3.5 cabinets went out and only 1 came back!

Recently, Gene Seroka, executive director of the Port of Los Angeles, said at a press conference, “Containers are accumulating in large numbers, and the space available for storage is getting less and less. It is simply impossible for all of us to keep up with so many cargoes.” When the MSC ships arrived at the APM terminal in October, they unloaded 32,953 TEUs at one time.

From a loss of 23 billion to a profit of 14 billion: the liner company has a bright future for "money"

In just a few months, with the release of the shipping company's third-quarter results, the Danish shipping consulting agency sea-intelligence revised the forecast of EBIT for the liner industry for the fourth time this year. The Danish consulting company initially predicted at the beginning of the new coronavirus pandemic in April that when many countries enter a lockdown state, the worst-case scenario is that the liner company will lose a total of 23 billion US dollars. It is now predicted that the liner industry will achieve a profit of 14 billion US dollars this year.

Ports around Bohai Sea are busy in domestic trade, and foreign trade in the Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta

Recently, the number of new cases in a single day in many countries reached a record high, among which the United States exceeded 100,000 for 10 consecutive days. In order to contain the epidemic, countries have tightened epidemic prevention measures, and new progress has been made in vaccine research and development. On the 15th, 15 Asia-Pacific countries signed RCEP to provide a more convenient mechanism guarantee for countries to work together to promote economic and trade recovery in the post-epidemic era. In mid-November, the China Ports Association monitored that the cargo throughput of major coastal hub ports increased by 2% year-on-year, of which the throughput of foreign trade cargo dropped by 1.3% year-on-year; the throughput of Yangtze River hub ports increased by 12.1% year-on-year.

Interpretation! Import and export dangerous goods declaration

Dangerous goods are indispensable in production and life. They are widely used in all walks of life and all aspects of social activities. They are also important commodities in international trade. The truthful and accurate declaration of imported and exported dangerous goods is conducive to the targeted implementation of supervision operations by the customs, effectively preventing safety risks, and speeding up customs clearance of goods. The following editor will talk about the import and export dangerous goods declaration.

Ministry of Transport: Newly-built container terminals should support the construction of dangerous goods containers

Recently, the Ministry of Transport issued an announcement on the "Code for Design of Port Dangerous Goods Container Yards" on its official website.

Do you know all these 13 trade terms of freight forwarders?

The basic terms of freight forwarders are EXW, FCA, FAS, FOB, CFR, CIF, CPT, CIP, DAF, DES, DEQ, DDU, DDP. These 13 trade terms, from left to right, the seller’s obligations are getting bigger and bigger, and the buyer’s on the contrary. In other words, among the above-mentioned trade terms, the seller bears the least responsibility under the EXW term, and the seller bears the most responsibility under the DDP term.