Since the beginning of this year, the situation in the Red Sea has continued to be tense, forcing almost all container ships to abandon the Suez Canal route and instead sail around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa. This corresponds to a longer sailing time, about two weeks longer than before, and also leaves a large number of ships and containers floating at sea.
"The spreading effect of the Red Sea still has a lot to do with it." A relevant person in charge of the global freight forwarding giant Kuehne + Nagel told China Business News. At the same time, the shipping company's capacity allocation control has also aggravated the supply shortage. Considering the possibility of tariff increases in the United States and other places, many buyers have also started pre-stocking and "consignors ship goods in advance", mainly cars and some retail products. Coupled with the risk of strikes in many places in Europe and the United States, the tension in shipping supply continues to escalate.
