Smart shipping companies have begun to plan ahead

Yu Jianhua said that a large number of empty containers are ready to go in my country's ports, which to some extent also reflects that the international market is still optimistic about my country's export capacity in the next stage.
According to the latest customs data, since late February, the volume of export containers has continued to grow. On March 17, the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) reported 909.72 points, up 0.35% week-on-week. Driven by the export of heavy cargo such as steel exported from the north, the SCFI composite index rebounded for the first time this year. In terms of routes, the North American route is still weak, the freight rate of the European route has rebounded, and the routes of emerging markets represented by Southeast Asia are generally positive.

"Smart shipping companies have begun to plan ahead," Bloomberg quoted container analysts as saying in a report that their main strategy is to concentrate empty containers near major trade routes and where demand rebounds are expected.
As a result, a large number of ships are docked near China, waiting for the economic recovery. "The signal from China is encouraging." The US CNBC website quoted a logistics practitioner as saying that some Chinese manufacturers chose to "open" in stages this year, so some employees returned in early March.