Weak global demand shipping industry in 2015

For some time, the world's largest shipping companies dismal business. Analysts pointed out that the global shipping industry is going through an adjustment, which related to the recent downward pressure on the international economy, but also the result of global economic restructuring. Shipping companies, shipping lines cut through, optimizing the management structure to meet the challenges, etc., in order to consolidate its shipping position.

Weak market demand, the majority of the shipping business losses

According to the Singapore Maritime and Port Authority statistics, in July 2015 Singapore and Hong Kong container throughput of 2,554,500 TEUs, down by about 13%. This is the world's second largest transit

Port of Singapore and Hong Kong in the worst global financial crisis in 2008 after the performance. Japan's Nomura Research Institute released a report pointed out that in July this year, the total rate of sea port in East Asia fell 0.6%, the third quarter, the situation is not optimistic.

It is understood that the current global shipping industry is controlled by 15 large European and Asian shipping companies, these large enterprises consisting of a series of alliances, sharing routes and ports to each other, and enable large container ocean-going vessels to transport goods, these ultra Large ocean-going vessels can be loaded each time more than 19,000 containers, more than a dozen years ago to enhance the carrying capacity of approximately 1/3. But only a few large shipping companies were profitable in the first half of this year, and most companies have suffered losses.

The world's busiest shipping lanes, one of the Asia-Europe routes in the second week of August, container freight rates fell 20%. According to the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index show that in late August, Shanghai to Europe fell to $ 640 per container freight, June Shanghai to Rotterdam tariffs once fell to $ 243 per container historic lows, the price even shipping companies can not make up fuel costs. Shipping industry source said, anything less than $ 1,300 per container freight rates for businesses will be difficult to sustain long-term.

United States, "Wall Street Journal" quoted the British horse Briggs shipping brokers Ltd. shipping analyst Jonathan Lowe's analysis that "this year, the international market demand is worse than expected, the data so far show this year will be the global container difficult year for the shipping industry, as more new ships built, on the one hand expect the global shipping carrying capacity will increase 8.6 percent, while the global demand is only expected to increase by 2% to 3%, which gives a global shipping company with to enormous pressure. "Lowe expects the Asia-Europe route freight capacity will be at least 30% excess.