When it comes to festivals, Chinese people miss their relatives a lot during festive seasons, which undoubtedly makes people happy. But I often hang out in the shipping circle, how can I not know that there will be a wave of shortage of cabinets before the festival?

The National Day is just around the corner, and factories are working overtime to prepare shipments before the festival. The shipping space is tight, and the warehouse is bursting. Just like the shipping space, there is also a shortage of cabinets.

All major shipping companies are in short supply, and it is the shortage season, what should a freight forwarding factory do?

1. We all know that China is a country with a trade surplus, and the import and export are unbalanced. This leads to fewer imported containers and more exported containers. Container ships often go out with full cabins and come in with half cabins. If the shipping company fails to arrange for the backlog of empty containers to be shipped back in time, there will be fewer mobile cabinets and a shortage of boxes.

2. Due to the bankruptcy of a small number of shipping companies, such as Hanjin Shipping, the integration of major alliance routes, COSCO’s acquisition of OOCL, Maersk’s acquisition of Hamburg Süd, Hapag-Lloyd’s acquisition of Arabian Shipping, CMA CGM’s acquisition of the President of the United States, etc., new acquisitions are still ongoing Further on...

3. The boxes of some shipping companies are seriously damaged, such as Maersk, Sinotrans, etc., and the backlog is too long. Due to the damage of the boxes, and the inability of the port box repair yard to repair them in time, or because the repair costs were too high, some of the cabinets that should have been used for mobility were once crushed and unusable.

4. The three major typhoons in South China hit the major ports of Shenzhen one after another, delaying the backlog of a lot of goods. The peak season effect broke out, which caused a sharp increase in the export of goods. resulting in a shortage of boxes.

5. With the implementation of the One Belt One Road policy and the convening of the BRICS meeting, the overall market demand for shipping has risen, the demand is greater than expected, the industry is recovering rapidly, and the supply of boxes is in short supply. However, there is a certain lag in the adjustment of the box, and it will take a certain amount of time to solve it.

6. The environment in foreign countries is severe. Workers' strikes, port congestion, hurricane attacks, and delays in shipping schedules cause the return of empty containers to be slow. If the container management department cannot respond in time and the scheduling is not good, there will be an extreme shortage of containers.

7. In order to maintain the relationship with major customers, the shipping company will reserve boxes for VIP customers. In the case of a shortage of boxes, some ordinary customers cannot pick up the boxes. Among them, Maersk is especially obvious. Since the system was invaded by hackers, the system has been unstable, and the orders are often not printed out.

1. The foreign trade factory should pay close attention to stocking up the goods, book space in advance as much as possible, and notify the freight forwarder or car dealer to pick up the cabinet in the first time after receiving the release notice, so that you can know which storage yard needs to pick up the cabinet and when the storage yard is Put the cabinet, whether there is no cabinet, whether to pick up the cabinet in another place, etc., and make a response plan in advance. Try to avoid booking Maersk’s ships, Hapag-Lloyd and other shipping companies that are out of cabinets, and change other shipping schedules to other shipping companies, make *** preparations and * weird plans, just in case!

2. In case of shortage of cabinets, you can apply to the shipping company for designated cabinets in advance, that is, book the cabinet number when booking the space. After the goods are ready, go to the yard to pick up the container with the container number for loading, but the designated container needs to pay the shipping company's designated operation fee.

3. The same reason can be used to prove the storage yard.

4. If there are no cabinets to pick up, check a few more storage yards. For slightly damaged cabinets in the storage yard, spend some money to the storage yard and ask them to help repair and refresh them. You can also mention the cabinets.

5. When booking the space, confirm with the shipping company whether there is no container. If there is no container, you can change to another shipping company and book the space again.

6. If the designated shipping company cannot be replaced, measure the quantity and volume of the goods to see if they can be replaced by other container types. Alternatively use a freezer (NOR).

7. Personal relationships are settled. At present, Maersk in South China cannot handle it. It is not money and relationships that can solve the problem! The fundamental reason is that there is no cabinet to carry, and the situation of hard to find a cabinet becomes more and more obvious with the coming of the National Day!