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“At the beginning of this month, the freight rate has increased by 20 yuan per ton. Looking at the market price rising every day, our business has to be done.” Recently, Yuan Jianzhang, the head of Ningbo Ruixiang Shipping Co., Ltd., negotiated with an old customer. The cooperation tariff for the new year. Yuan Jianzhang said that after this price increase, the company’s 20,000-ton chemical tanker could earn at least 2 million yuan this year.

Since 2008, international shipping prices have continued to fall. Taking the unit price of Beilun Port to the northern port as an example, the unit price per ton has dropped from hundreds of yuan to more than ten yuan. "At this time last year, the bulk cargo ship from Beilun Port to Lianyungang was only 12 yuan a ton, which can be said to have fallen to the freezing point." Ningbo Jinzeng Shipping Co., Ltd. has two 40,000 tons bulk carriers, said Zhou Fangping, the person in charge. When the price falls to a minimum, shipping is almost at a loss. "Our ship is bought early, the price is high, most of it is loan investment, and there is a lot of interest."

Capacity is an important factor in determining shipping prices. In 2008, it was the highest capacity of the international shipping market, and the capacity showed an obvious excess. There are so many porridges that it is bound to cause shipping companies to compete for business through price wars. "There is no longer a long time to buy and sell the lost money." The staff of the port and shipping management office of Yinzhou District of Ningbo said that in recent years, there have been many shipping companies that have closed down at home and abroad. After a round of survival of the fittest, the current capacity structure has become more reasonable. .

When the capacity is down, the price will have room to rise. Since the second half of last year, the international shipping market has begun to pick up and the freight rate has finally risen. From a dozen yuan to 20 yuan, 40 yuan, almost doubled up. This month, the freight rate per ton of Ningbo Zhoushan Port to Lianyungang has exceeded 40 yuan. “The individual orders have already reached 50 yuan, and the shipping companies have the capital to pick up the business.” Yuan Jianzhang said that the price is the vane of the market, the price has come up, and the shipping companies have more market discourse rights.

Compared with bulk cargo transportation, the price of chemical transportation is slightly higher. The route of Ruixiang Shipping from Longkou to Guangxi runs for one month. The cooperation price last year was 60 yuan per ton. "Our price is very attractive, and the long-term cooperation profit is more stable. Now the freight rates around the world are more than twice as high as last year, but we are still in place, how to sit here." Despite the New Year's cooperation price He raised 20 yuan per ton and earned 2 million yuan in gross profit a year, but Yuan Jianzhang said that he is not the highest compared to the profit growth of other peers.

As the market picks up, the shipping business grows, the ship's activity increases, and the shipping company's operating costs also rise slightly, which is basically reflected in fuel costs, salary expenses, port fees and ship repair costs. “Oil price was 2,200 yuan per ton in March last year, and now it is 3,600 yuan. The monthly expenditure of ship staff has also increased by 20,000.” Yuan Jianzhang said that when the freight rate was the lowest, the ship’s staff had declined, and many ships suspended the loan in order to stop losses. Operation, the crew is particularly busy, during that time the crew is good, more than 300,000 yuan in annual salary can recruit experienced captain. Now the ship is busy again. Various companies have recruited and hired soldiers, and the crew is fully equipped. The wages have also risen. Since the second half of last year, the two captains of the company have carried out two rounds of salary adjustments. The current monthly salary is over 40,000 yuan.

Through the shipping monitoring platform, Ningbo Port and Shipping Department conducted a statistical analysis of the main business costs of 40 shipping companies in the city in the past year. The data shows that the main business cost of the company increased by 1.7% compared with the previous year. From the perspective of quarterly trends, the four quarters of cost expenditure accounted for 19.4%, 24.1%, 25.9% and 30.6% of the year respectively. This also shows that the demand for shipping market in the second half of last year has picked up, business volume has increased, and operating costs have risen. .

From the perspective of cost expenditure categories, the cost of Hong Kong's fees and accessories repairs increased the fastest, with an increase of 36.3% and 12.6% respectively. This also shows that after the market recovers, the activity of the ship is significantly higher than the previous year.

Source: Shipping Transactions Bulletin