Due to the butterfly effect of the epidemic, the shortage of cabins and containers has intensified globally, and there are still no signs of relief. This makes importers and exporters complain endlessly, and some giants choose to take the initiative!
To ensure the safety of the supply chain, Amazon directly charters the ship!
Last month, we reported that the American retail giant Home Depot announced that it would rent container ships in order to maintain the security of its supply chain in the chaotic global shipping and logistics market. , to transport your own goods!
Recently, Amazon, the world’s largest e-commerce giant, has directly chartered an entire container ship with a Taiwanese shipping company to prepare for the upcoming peak season in Europe and the United States!
It is different from the previous Home Depot that rented ships and containers to operate routes. This time Amazon chose to charter the ship directly from the liner company!
According to Taiwan media “Economic Daily” news: E-commerce giant Amazon has chartered a ship with one of Taiwan’s three major shipping companies for relief After the peak season in Europe and the United States arrives in the second half of the year, shipping space will be tight.
It is reported that the container ship chartered by Amazon this time is a new ship currently operated by a Taiwanese shipping company serving the Far East to Europe and the United States. It was just launched on the North American route in June. It has been revealed that the price of chartered ships is much higher than the existing freight rates. Amazon only has two requirements for paying a large price to charter a ship: guaranteed space and arrival at the port on time!
After domestic and foreign freight forwarders such as DSV, GEODIS, Yihaitong and Neptune successively chartered ships, chartered containers and self-operated routes, global trade giants also began to join the chartering and self-operated routes. teams, with Home Depot being the first to bear the brunt.
This time Amazon has created a new model – direct chartering! In this way, you don’t have to search for shipping containers everywhere, and you can directly use the existing container sources and transportation capacity of well-known liner companies!
When Home Depot Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Ted Decker announced the self-operated route in mid-June, he also lamented to the industry: It’s time to have its own container ship!
In less than a month, Amazon quickly joined the “cargo owner self-rescue team” to protect the security of its own supply chain, and the “charter ship” model it adopted was even more subversive. sex!
In the future, we do not rule out the possibility that giants like Wal-Mart and Target will follow suit and become the new normal for the international shipping and logistics industry during the epidemic!
The peak volume period is here, and Christmas shopping is on the line!
Project44 warned that although the Suez Canal and Yantian International Container Terminal (YICT) have resumed full operations, the subsequent impact, coupled with the repeated epidemics in some parts of the world, will cause a surge in Christmas cargo volumes. , the supply chain continues to be under pressure during the transportation peak period.
Its analysts said: “Data suggests that supply chain disruptions may extend well into this year, with impacts on seasonal shipments as far away as Christmas. ”
Due to the epidemic, the cargo processing speed of Yantian Port has been affected, and the delivery of many retail goods has been delayed. As the global container shortage continues to ferment, Amazon (Amazon) and Walmart (Walmart) ) and other well-known retail suppliers warned that this will be a big chaos, and the pressure on global freight may cause buyers to leave empty-handed this Christmas shopping season.
According to last week’s data from the Los Angeles port signal platform, the estimated cargo volume in the past three weeks has rushed to another peak after the peak in May this year, and the overall trend is upward.
With the global container shortage and port congestion not easing, the peak season is approaching and supply cannot keep up with consumer demand. The risk faced by retailers is that goods are seriously out of stock. .
Isaac Larian, CEO of toy manufacturer MGA Entertainment, warned that “there will be chaos.”
The company supplies a variety of toys to retail giants such as Amazon and Walmart. Currently, many toys are still stuck in Yantian Port. There is not enough inventory to meet consumer demand, which will seriously damage the Christmas season. festival sales. </p
