Recently, the epidemic in the United States has rebounded sharply. According to the latest statistics, the number of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 is close to 1.5 million in the United States in a single day.
According to the Wall Street Journal, as the number of infections among dockworkers in Southern California increases, the virus variant Omicron has severely hampered the clearing of a backlog of more than 100 container ships at U.S. ports.
The Wall Street Journal reported that 13 fewer ships were unloading and loading between the two ports in one day, halting port operations.
Wall Street analysts have warned that a highly contagious variant of the Omicron could cause further damage to global supply chains, exacerbating shortages and rising prices in the United States.
The situation at Chinese ports is equally dire.
Recently, due to the rebound of the epidemic, China’s major ports such as Ningbo, Shenzhen, and Tianjin have implemented more stringent epidemic prevention measures and controlled the entry and exit of personnel and vehicles, which has made the already fragile supply chain even more sluggish, and the pressure on port congestion and international transportation is still rising.
Recently, a lot of goods need to be shipped, and foreign trade people who have the goods that need to be shipped to the United States have received notices from freight forwarders:
In the next few weeks, Matson will cancel the ships to China, postpone the sailing, etc. In the case that the supply and demand are already out of balance, the freight rate may rise again. Remind again, the shippers and freight forwarders who have plans to ship in the near future, pay attention to risk control and logistics delays, and prepare for shipment in advance.
