Us strike affects China's transportation of imported agricultural products by sea

Introduction: the labor dispute on the west coast of the United States started at the end of September has been further upgraded The labor dispute on the west coast of the United States started at the end of September has been further upgraded The dock workers' strike and the management's "port closure" have lasted nearly two weeks At present, 29 major ports on the west coast are still closed, and hundreds of giant freighters moored outside the port are unable to enter the port for unloading Among these hundreds of freighters, 9 are from China Ocean Shipping Group Mr Wang from the transportation department of jt2 China Ocean Shipping Group Co., Ltd told reporters that up to now, nine freighters of COSCO Group are still stranded in the West Bank of the United States due to the impact of the port construction tide on the West Bank of the United States COSCO Group is one of the largest enterprises specialized in maritime container transportation in China Mr Wang said: "we have a large business related to the United States, and the main business volume comes from the west coast of the United States So this work tide on the west coast has a great impact on us " According to jt2, under normal circumstances, COSCO's weekly transportation volume to the West Bank of the United States is 10000 TEUs, and the freight per TEUs is 1200 US dollars Freight alone has lost $24 million in the past two weeks There are also fixed costs, additional container turnover costs and container rental costs Mr Wang told reporters that there are still cargo ships on the way to the United States As 9 cargo ships are stranded in the United States and unable to return, some places are temporarily unable to receive cargo The claim is caused by the delivery of jt2 CIF Mr Zhao of American branch, a China Textile Garment Import and export company with an annual export value of US $10 million, told reporters that the labor tide in the West Bank of the United States had no special impact on the company due to the company's FOB delivery "FOB delivery means that the exporter only needs to ensure the safety of the goods on board, and does not need to be responsible for the risks in the transportation and the unloading after arrival," Mr Zhao said Therefore, after delivery at FOB, the impact of the labor tide will be borne by the U.S importer " Mr Zhao also pointed out that at present, some manufacturers choose to deliver goods on CIF basis, i.e the manufacturer shall be responsible for the unloading and freight after the arrival of the goods "This part of the manufacturers are likely to suffer more serious losses," Mr Zhao said The reporter learned that under normal circumstances, the cargo ships arriving at the west bank would arrive at the east coast by land bridge after unloading However, due to the closure of the port on the West Bank, some cargo ships would choose the full waterway to the east coast 85% of China-U.S trade in jt2 is by sea transportation According to jt2, the trade volume between China and the United States has reached more than 70 billion US dollars from January to August this year Zhang Shouguo, director of the international shipping administration of the water transport department of the Ministry of communications, said: "this year, the bilateral trade volume between China and the United States is likely to exceed 90 billion US dollars 85% of the goods are shipped by sea, so labor disputes on the west coast of the United States will definitely have an impact on Sino US trade " Jt2 news link jt2 Hong Kong loses HK $100 million per day jt2 according to Hong Kong's Ta Kung Pao, the Hong Kong industry estimates that since the labor boom on the West Bank of the United States, the value of the goods affected by Hong Kong has reached HK $8.6 billion More than 20 shipping companies, including Maersk, have stopped shipping containers to the West Bank The Hong Kong shippers' committee noted that it is estimated that the daily damage caused by the work tide to Hong Kong is more than HK $100 million He Liji, executive director of jt2 Hong Kong shippers' committee, said that more than 200 container ships and a large number of overstocked containers at the container terminal had not been handled in time He said that on average, more than 4300 containers are transported to the West Bank of the United States every day, accounting for 80% of the total daily export volume Based on the average value of each container of about 200000 Hong Kong dollars, the daily value of the affected goods is up to 860 million Hong Kong dollars, totaling up to 8.6 billion Hong Kong dollars Even if the work tide can be solved immediately, it will take at least one month for the West Bank container terminal to finish handling the overstocked containers It is estimated that some shipping companies may hire container ships of other routes and increase the rent due to the failure of some cargo ships to return to Hong Kong in time Jt2 news background: when will the strike on the west coast of the United States end? According to foreign reports, the Bush administration is likely to use the Taft Hartley act to intervene in the strike today, asking the federal court of Los Angeles to force the closure of 29 major ports Jt2 began at the end of September in the United States west coast labor dispute and the subsequent "closure" has lasted nearly two weeks In late September, the Pacific Ocean Transportation Association, which represents the U.S west coast port shipping company and terminal owners, broke down negotiations with the workers' Union, which represents more than 10500 terminal workers at the west coast port The coastal Association announced "closure" on September 27 Due to the slow progress of negotiations between labor and management, 29 major ports on the west coast are still closed, and more than 120 giant ships parked outside the port are unable to enter the port for unloading According to the statistics of the relevant departments of the White House, the "closure" event caused up to $1 billion of losses to the U.S economy every day, and the number continues to rise Jt2 the U.S Congress passed the Taft Hartley act in 1947, which gives the U.S executive a considerable power If the executive thinks that the strike threatens the national security of the United States, the U.S government can issue an emergency order to end the strike Since then, there have been 11 port workers' strikes in the United States, each of which was intervened by the president in accordance with the bill However, at least eight of them have not resolved the dispute during the "80 day calm down period", and the strike continues.