Meidong is in a hurry! Natural disasters and man-made disasters have caused many important ports to

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• Source:Search network
• Release Date:2019-09-06

Since ancient times, heaven and earth have been indifferent, and everything has been used as a dog. Natural disasters and man-made disasters are the most helpless, but in terms of natural disasters, man-made disasters are actually more terrible.

Natural disasters: The strongest hurricane on the surface caused many important ports to stop!

The port along the southeast coast of the United States will usher in the strongest hurricane in the past 30 years, "Dorian", with a strength of 5, and the area of ​​the hurricane hit the free port of the largest transshipment center in the United States.




This Dorian, known as the "strongest hurricane on the surface", is currently the strongest hurricane in the United States since 1935 and has been identified as a Category 5 hurricane (up to five). Before the official landing, the whole east coast shivered.

The Port of Florida on the Atlantic coast, the Brunswick, Georgia, and Savannah ports have been suspended! On Sunday, traffic control was in the ports of Miami, Everglades and Palm Beach. Port Canaveral is controlled and all vehicles and cargo ships are prohibited from entering the country. The port of Jaxport, Georgia stopped business.

Meidong is in a hurry! Natural disasters and man-made disasters have caused many important ports to be paralyzed or severely congested. Foreign trade freight forwarding enterprises need special attention!


Man-made disaster: grabbing the tariffs and levying the goods, the US ports are piled up like mountains and rivers.


At the busiest Southern California container terminal in the United States, retailers began to load large quantities in advance of the implementation of a new round of tariffs in the United States, causing cargo to pile up, port pressures and congestion.

The ships are coming in and the cargo is piling up. At the nation’s busiest container port complex in Southern California, retailers have been front-loading goods ahead of a new round of tariffs.


In addition to being affected by tariffs, CNBC recently reported that the trade war has caused (US) electronics companies to lose about 71.5 billion yuan and give advice to the American public: If you need a new TV, you can consider buying it early.

This remark led to a surge in TV subscriptions on Black Friday, according to Ocean Audit chief executive Steven Ferreira, who passed through Los Angeles and Long Beach ports from August 15th to August 26th. Nearly 260,000 TV sets are imported from China.




The current volume of ships that have broken tariff restrictions has set a record for the Port of Los Angeles. As a result, containers began to accumulate, which could cause the same congestion problems as the port’s first round of tariffs a year ago.

He said that the "abnormal container surge" was one month ahead of schedule. Although Trump decided to postpone the TV tariff until December, it is understood that he made the decision after most of the retailers placed the order and the container ship went out of the sea.


Since September 1, many other products have been subject to a 15% tariff. The list is over 100 pages long, including clothes, contact lenses, and even "live camels."

Gene Seroka, executive director of the Port of Los Angeles, said: "From September 1, 98% of Chinese goods imported from here to the Port of Los Angeles will be affected by tariffs. This will affect approximately $164 billion in products."




The trade between China and the United States has fallen sharply. In the first half of this year, US exports to China fell by 18% year-on-year to US$55 billion. China’s imports to the United States fell 12% to $235 billion.


"In the case of a relatively strong US economy," Seroka said, "you and I are still shopping in the store, we need to keep those containers running. US retailers are not able to immediately end the demand for the Chinese market."

But for now, goods are still pouring in, and people's expectation is that at least some of the goods will continue to flow in regardless of tariffs. Therefore, the situation in the port will continue and even worsen. Foreign trade freight forwarders should pay attention!

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