For a period of time, the world's major shipping companies have been dismal. Analysts pointed out that the global shipping industry is undergoing a restructuring, which is associated with the recent downward pressure on the international economy, but also the results of the transformation of the global economic structure. For shipping companies, by reducing the route capacity, optimize the operational structure and other ways to deal with challenges, in order to consolidate its own shipping status.
Weak market demand, the majority of shipping companies loss.
According to the Singapore maritime and Port Authority statistics, in July 2015 the Singapore port container throughput of 2 million 554 thousand and 500 standard containers, down about 13%. This is the world's second largest transit port in Singapore and Hong Kong in 2008 after the worst performance of the international financial crisis. Issued by Japan's Nomura Research Report pointed out that in July this year, the total shipping port in East Asia growth rate fell to 0.6% in the third quarter, the situation is not optimistic.
Asia Europe route, one of the world's busiest shipping routes, dropped by second in the 20% week of August. According to the Shanghai container export price index shows that in late August, each container freight from Shanghai to Europe fell to $640 in June, from Shanghai to Rotterdam price once fell to $243 per container to historic lows, the price is even unable to compensate for the fuel costs of shipping enterprises. Shipping industry sources said, any less than 1300 dollars per container freight for businesses will be difficult to maintain long-term.
With the continuous change of the world economy, China's freight forwarding industry market segments also changed accordingly. The freight forwarding company continues to increase and the world economy is not warm not warm, the owner of the service demand has changed dramatically. Freight forwarding companies a single recognition of the real needs of customers, and the corresponding service transformation, it is difficult in the winter, the insistence and development.