nanfang.com (reporter / correspondent of Tang Wenshi and Su Mengru / Guangzhou business publicity) recently, Shanghai Shipping Exchange released the latest China export container freight index, which reached a record high of 3006.82, with difficult space booking and high freight, It has become one of the main restrictive factors for the operation and development of foreign trade enterprises. In order to effectively help foreign trade enterprises cope with the current difficulties, on August 12, Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce, together with Guangzhou port group and COSCO Shipping Container transportation, held a logistics docking meeting for production-oriented foreign trade enterprises to build a communication platform with shipping companies for 40 foreign trade enterprises participating in the meeting and find ways to solve the difficulties face to face
Guangzhou's foreign trade import and export maintained growth. The correspondent provided the picture
the reporter learned from the meeting that from January to July this year, the city's foreign trade import and export reached 632.38 billion yuan, an increase of 22.6% year-on-year, and the overall trend is good. However, the tight supply and demand situation in the field of international shipping has continued, and the problems of container capacity and freight rate remain serious recently. Wu Weihua, deputy director of Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce, said that the purpose of holding the docking meeting is to bridge the gap between production-oriented foreign trade enterprises and shipping companies, and solve the problem of asymmetric information between logistics supply and demand It can reduce the impact of shipping market fluctuations on the development of Guangzhou's foreign trade industry
previously, the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce held the first production-oriented foreign trade enterprise logistics docking meeting in June to sort out the logistics demand of foreign trade enterprises and the supply information of shipping companies in the city, and help foreign trade enterprises establish a normalized contact mechanism with shipping companies. Up to now, COSCO Shipping has provided reliable shipping channels and service guarantee for more than 100 small and medium-sized enterprise customers in South China, alleviated the shortage of logistics supply chain and helped small and medium-sized enterprises tide over difficulties. It has been widely praised by foreign trade companies such as Guangzhou Xuzhuang biology Co., Ltd. and overseas customers
South China COSCO Shipping Group, based on its territory, established a special working group to conduct intensive visits by telephone, wechat, door-to-door and other means to find out the needs and pain points in export transportation. It is learned that some customers face the risks of shutdown and fines due to the backlog of warehouses and delivery dates. In order to help small and medium-sized enterprises tide over the difficulties, in the face of various demands for shipping space and containers, and in the face of small and medium-sized direct customer groups, we have formulated accurate strategies for the supply of shipping space for international container routes, formulated plans in advance for customers, locked the supply of shipping space, and tracked it through a series of close services such as stacking, warehousing and branch shipping space, To provide reliable shipping channels and service guarantee and minimize the resistance of customers affected by the epidemic. For example, we launched"special classes for small and medium-sized customers on the European line", "special classes for small and medium-sized customers in Mexico" and "special classes for Australian and New Zealand boutique express" and other trailer and maritime "one-stop" services
in addition, COSCO Shipping Container Shipping also adopts a new marketing model combining online and offline, and uses the sync hub e-commerce platform to create an exclusive online space purchase channel for small and medium-sized customers. It is only open to small and medium-sized customers who have completed certification on the platform and enjoy independent inventory, Using COSCO Shipping's rich product portfolio to "give the green light" to small and medium-sized customers in various route services, and truly deliver made in China to the world safely and quickly, which not only solves the export dilemma of small and medium-sized customers, relieves small and medium-sized customers, and wins the trust of customers
it is reported that Guangzhou port group added 14 Foreign Trade liner routes in the first half of the year, which has played a role in stabilizing market freight rates and unblocking the logistics chain. At present, the Nordic route Fe2 of the alliance has been officially attached to Nansha port area, filling the gap of the direct route of the alliance in Nansha, making the three major alliances of global container liner gather in Nansha. At the end of August, Singapore Hailing shipping and Zoomlion shipping will each open a new direct route to the West Bank of the United States in Nansha port area, providing richer route products for foreign trade enterprises in Guangzhou