CJtouch, a professional manufacturer of touchscreens, touch monitors and touch all in one PCs is very busy before Christmas Day and China New Year 2025. Most customers need to have a stock of the popular products before the long time holidays. The freight is also rasing very crazily during this time.
The latest data of Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) shows that the index has risen for four consecutive weeks. The index released on the 20th was 2390.17 points, up 0.24% from the previous week.
Among them, the freight rates from the Far East to the West Coast and the East Coast of the United States rose by more than 4% and 2% respectively, while the freight rates from Europe and the Mediterranean fell slightly, with the declines converging to 0.57% and 0.35% respectively.
According to the freight forwarding industry insiders, according to the current planning of shipping companies, after New Year’s Day next year, the freight rates of Europe and the United States may be further pushed up.
Asia is preparing for the Lunar New Year recently, and there has been a rush to buy goods. Not only the freight rates of the Far East-European and American lines have risen, but the demand for near-sea lines is also quite hot.
Among them, major US shipping companies have announced a price increase of US$1,000-2,000. The European line MSC quoted US$5,240 in January, which is only slightly higher than the current freight rate; Maersk’s quotation in the first week of January is lower than the last week of December, but it will rise to US$5,500 in the second week.
Among them, the rental price of 4,000TEU ships has nearly doubled compared with the same period last year, and the global ship idle rate has also hit a record low of only 0.3%.
Post time: Apr-15-2025