With the approaching of the Chinese traditional festival Spring Festival, the volume of goods exported from Asia began to decline gradually, and the Shanghai export container freight rate (SCFI) has fallen for two consecutive weeks.

According to the latest data, the index has fallen to 5053.12. Freight rates on several routes, including the US east line, the US west line and the European line, fell for the first time.

Among them, the freight rate of Meidong decreased the most, with a weekly drop of US $11337 / FEU; The US West Route fell slightly to US $7976 / FEU. The European line fell to $7783 / FEU.

However, looking at the global shipping situation, port congestion is still the biggest problem we face. This has brought great pressure to the supply chain.

The recent LA / LB port is still a heavily congested disaster area, and hundreds of container ships are waiting for berths. The containers in the port are piled up.

The policy of charging for stranded containers in October last year has been uncertain. This means that the number of containers imported into the port is gradually decreasing, but the number of empty containers is increasing.

As two large container ports in the United States, LA / LB port carries 40% of the import and export goods of the United States every year. However, now ships need to wait for several days to enter the two ports. Even if they enter the port to unload the goods, no one will pick up the goods.

On the one hand is the congested port, on the other hand is the surge in consumer demand. Under the joint influence of the two, the supply chain of the United States has fallen into an unprecedented crisis. Coupled with the impact of the mountain epidemic, many factories and warehouses had to stop working. This greatly affects the speed of goods circulation.

Insiders said that compared with the normal delivery before the epidemic, the current delivery period has been extended a lot. Some port officials even said that port congestion is likely to last until the summer of 2022.

Some experts said that the freight can not remain high all the time. With the coming of the Spring Festival in China and the reduction of demand, it is normal for freight rates to fall. However, the rising demand after the festival will inevitably lead to the rise of freight.