原文标题：
Transpacific spot rates ease ahead of China's Golden Week
原文连结：
https://bit.ly/3D1i0B7
发布时间：
24/09/2021
原文内容：
By Gavin van Marle 24/09/2021
There were signs of a silver lining finally beginning to appear for
beleaguered US shippers this week, after the spot container freight rates to
both the west and east coast showed a second week of declines on the
Freightos Baltic Index (FBX).
Today’s FBX covering the China-US west coast route stood at $19,173 per
40ft, down from the $20,143 last week and the record high of $20,586 per 40ft
on 10 September.
It was a similar picture on the China-US east coast leg, which today recorded
a rate of $21,697 per 40ft, compared to $21,823 last week and the record high
of $22,173 on 10 September.
Analysts at the Ningbo Containerised Freight Index suggested the declines
could be due to a slight loosening of capacity in advance of Chinese National
Day, which takes place on 1 October and lasts for three days.
“Some overtime ships were put into the market before the Chinese National
Day. Therefore, the tightness of space was slightly eased compared with the
previous period, and the market booking price dropped slightly,” the NCFI
noted.
Despite the marginal decline in spot pricing, US importers are still reeling
from unprecedented congestion levels, particularly on the west coast.
“Transpacific demand remains in high gear, and carriers continue to add
capacity in response,” said Judah Levine, Freightos head of research.
“To do so when basically all of the globe’s container ships are already
active, carriers are moving capacity from secondary lanes to the transpac,
complicating things for shippers on those lower-profile routes.
“Unfortunately, that transpacific capacity is increasingly stuck waiting at
US destinations like LA/Long Beach. Though the main West Coast gateway
announced extended gate hours for trucks to collect containers and speed
operations, a new record of more than 70 ships are currently waiting an
average of nine days for a berth to open up.
“Overwhelmed trucking, warehouse and rail logistics services are also
contributing to the port delays, and to the overall slog in end-to-end supply
chains. Freightos.com marketplace data shows that so far this month China-US
ocean shipments are taking an average of 73 days to arrive at their final
destination, 83% longer than in September 2019,” he added.
Meanwhile, spot rates on Asia-North Europe continued to edge up, reaching
$14,593 this week, compared to $14,378 last week and $14,221 on 10 September,
with European importers also beset by high congestion levels.
Maersk announced this week that as a result of “high yard density and
exceptional waiting time for our vessels in the port of Hamburg”, the 2M’s
AE7/Condor Asia-North Europe service would drop calls at the German gateway
for the next 13 weeks and switch to Bremerhaven’s NTB terminal.
The 2M partners also announced this week that it would expand their
TA2/NEUATL2 transatlantic service in response to “ongoing port congestions
and operational constraints taking place in North Europe and North America
[that] are causing schedule disruptions”.
From next month a sixth vessel, the 7,114 teu Santa Rosa, will be added to
the service, while in the first quarter of next year it will switch its UK
call from Liverpool to Felixstowe.
It will also add a call at Charleston, while Baltimore and Norfolk will be
switched in the port call rotation.
Today’s Freightos spot rate for the westbound transatlantic trade stood
unchanged from last week at $6,869 per 40ft.
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这是一篇在讲货柜运价指数FBX变化的新闻。
翻译及摘要一些文中内容如下。
中国-美西海岸航线的FBX当日40ft的运价为19,173美元
该航线运价的历史新高点是9月10日的20,586美元
中国-美东海岸航线的FBX，当日40ft的运价为21,697美元
该航线运价的历史新高点是9月10日的22,173美元
宁波出口集装箱运价指数(NCFI)的分析师表示，
下降可能是由于中国国庆节前运力略有放松，
中国国庆节将于10月1日举行，持续三天。
NCFI指出“一些加班船在国庆节前投入市场。
因此，空间紧张程度较上期略有缓解，市场预订价格小幅下降。"
Freightos 研究主管 Judah Levine 表示
“跨太平洋需求仍处于高位，承运人继续增加运力作为回应。”
美西港口等待的船舶数量为创纪录的70多艘，
等待泊位开放时间为9天。
卡车运输、仓库不足及铁路物流服务等仍不胜负荷。
本月到目前为止，中-美海运货物平均需要73天
才能到达最终目的地，比2019年9月长83%。
亚洲-北欧的运价继续小幅上涨，本周达到 14,593 美元，
而上周为14,378 美元，9月10日为14,221 美元，
欧洲进口商也受到高度拥堵的困扰。