According to enterprises, when the freight is high, it is difficult to negotiate a new contract because the cost of the team is high, partners from other countries are also difficult to accept to buy.
Information from the Vietnam Maritime Administration (Ministry of Transport) said that the unit has recently received feedback from import-export enterprises about the situation of container shipping lines increasing and shipping service surcharges. Very high container transfer …
According to the Government Newspaper reported that from November 2020, most shipping lines announced an increase in rates from 2 to 10 times (depending on the sector).
In which, container rental to the UK in October 2020 is USD 1,420 / 20-foot container, by November 2020, it will increase to USD 5,420 / 20-foot container. This figure continues to rise to reach $ 7,200 in December 2020.
The charge for renting a container from Thailand to Vietnam before October 2020 is 60 USD / container, but by November 2020, it has increased to 600 USD / container.
Meanwhile, the cost of renting a container from Vietnam to Los Angeles (USA) before October 2020 was only about 700 – 1,000 USD / container, by November it increased to 5,000 USD / container …
Sharing with the writer, Mr. Pham Thai Binh, Director of Trung An High-Tech Joint Stock Company (Can Tho), said that orders in the first months of 2021 were relatively high, but because the price of rice was rising along with skyrocketing charges. This makes businesses quite hesitant in signing contracts with partners.
“Do not dare to sign because the amount of rice at the end of the season is small while the freight is very high. At present, Trung An has 10 containers that are required to be issued, the packing schedule is available, but the shipping line has not yet issued, so most of the businesses, not only Trung An, have stagnant goods, making businesses dare not sign contracts ”, Trung An representative shared.
To analyze more specifically, Mr. Binh said that in the past, the freight was only about 2,000 USD / container but now it is 4,000 USD, sometimes up to 6,000 USD / container, increasing 2-3 times.
“If this situation persists, the favorable momentum of 2021 will be hampered by the fact that customers are still buying but we cannot ship, even when the freight increases, the buyer will not. acceptable.
For example, European customers are having many orders, but the two sides are still negotiating because the fee increases to thousands of USD, making them stop and stop buying ”, Mr. Pham Thai Binh said.
According to Mr. Do Ha Nam, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Intimex Group, the current transportation situation is causing the price of rice to reach consumers to be higher, making many partners not want to buy.
Mr. Nam said that Intinmex’s orders are also having problems in the shipping stage because rising freight rates cause delays (delays) and accumulation at ports. And the increase in freight rates is a global situation because heavy loss carriers are forced to increase prices or reduce the number of ships operating on the routes.
Not only rice enterprises are complaining, but also with the seafood industry, they are in the same situation. According to the Pioneers’ newspaper, at the ceremony of exporting the first batch of shrimp in 2021 in the afternoon of January 5, even the “king of shrimp” Minh Phu also had a “headache” because of the skyrocketing rates.
Mr. Le Van Quang, Chairman of Minh Phu Company, said that for 20-foot containers, the fare from Vietnam to the European market in June 2020 was 1,200 – 1,500 USD / container, but has increased now. 7,000-8,000 USD / container.
And 40 feet container increased from 1,500 – 1,800 USD / container to 8,000 – 10,000 USD / container.
Rising freight charges make it difficult for businesses to export. (Illustration)
The representative of this enterprise suggested that the Government need to quickly intervene and take measures to support and impact to reduce freight rates.
At the same time, it is possible to add more shipping lines, if the current ships continue to keep the current prices, because the increase in shipping rates has created many difficulties for shrimp exporters in particular and other other industries in general.
Facing this situation, the Vietnam Maritime Administration suggested that shipping container shipping lines operating in Vietnam strictly implement the guidance on the implementation of price listing in accordance with Decree No. 146/2016 / ND-CP.
Provide information on the listing of prices and surcharges for container shipping services by sea to the Vietnam Maritime Administration.
In addition to publicizing and transparently shipping container freight rates and implementing price increases in accordance with Vietnamese law, shipping lines must also take measures to check and supervise operating departments to prevent individuals take advantage of the current situation of the market for self-seeking and unreasonable prices, causing difficulties for shippers and disrupting the shipping market.
The Vietnam Maritime Administration also proposed shipping lines to take measures to increase the volume of empty containers (40 feet) in Vietnam and propose solutions to move domestic empty containers to serve import and export goods to reduce the increase in container shipping prices, to meet the demand for exporting goods by container for shippers in the current period of high demand.
“Will coordinate with relevant agencies to conduct direct inspections at the ships and strictly handle cases of intentional violation in accordance with the law”, Vietnam Maritime Administration stressed.
According to VietnamBiz.vn
