billion 10 billion The container shipping industry, a one that is full of everything full of boxes and the global oceans, is called “empty sailing”.
To understand the term art, just think about a global sea-connected trade economy like a system, where many buses-or ship Show stop on a fixed route. If people make bus system – or people running a shipping company, in fact, they do not demand enough passengers to drive their bus in the middle of the day, they will cancel one of these circuits. The same with shipping companies: If they realize that the container does not have enough reservation to justify the ship’s way to run its standard path, the company will “empty” the sailing, and by combining the goods that were with the travelers on the weekend.
This is common shipping equipment. But not this month. Since President Donald Trump’s new taxes on foreign goods – and the impact of the trade war he has incited, many ships that usually send goods to the Pacific are stopped or canceled. Supply Chain Research Firm Maritime Intelligence Data Shows this blank sailing This week, the west coast of the United States increased by 13 %, and then jumps up to 28 % after the week. Los Angeles port, which is the nation’s largest, is expected 17 Total Sailing Total in MayWhich means that the port will lose 224,000 “twenty feet equal unit capacity units,” the standard metric used to measure the contents in a container. Overall, Port shows dataThe import volume will be 31 % next week compared to the same week last year.
This means that once a lot of things are not coming once now – and especially a lot of this is from China. This is an extraordinary part. “This is very extremely extreme,” says Simon Henny, a senior manager of container research in my Times Research and Advisory Firm, Dharry. “This is unique in the history of containerization.” They say the empty journey “has the early canals in the coal mine. When you see the carriers suspended, it tells you that (for goods) is not enough, or that freight rates are falling very fast.”
What does this mean for users? Right now, the US government has said that it is negotiating tariff levels with many countries, including China, so the container shipping image may change with the signing or fading of deals. But at this point, some are called in shortages. Experts say low -cost retail goods, such as toys, are very likely to be more expensive in the United States, as less ships make it at the port and shortage prices.
He said, “Trump confessed to the cabinet meeting this week:” Children may have two dolls instead of 30 dolls, and maybe some of the dolls may have more money. “
But in addition to a few weeks, the global container shipping industry’s tea addresses and its “empty shipping” schedule cannot be predicted as to what will happen to global trade. Jean -Paul Rodrig, a professor of Maritime Business Administration, who studied Port Operations at the University of Texas A&M Gallstan, says some of the empty sailing at the moment is due to economic uncertainty. Firms and countries are “delaying until they know what the new rules of the game are. We are setting up boards, we are playing the species.” “The rules have changed.” This means that, if deals are made, they can return the goods.
