At present, the space on Southeast Asian routes is very hot and tight, and the freight prices have also risen relatively a lot. Recently, the price of high cabinets has reached 3,000 to 4,000 yuan, and in Thailand it is about 3,400 yuan.

Mainly in Vietnam and Thailand, including some ports in Indonesia and Malaysia, the freight has generally risen to more than 3,000 US dollars. Before the epidemic, the freight was only 200 to 300 US dollars. During the epidemic, it reached more than 1,000 US dollars. The highest price exceeded US$2,000 around the Spring Festival in 2021, and the current price should be the highest price since the epidemic.

Data from the Ningbo Shipping Exchange shows that in November, the airline freight index rose 72.2% month-on-month. In the latest week, the Singapore-Malaysia route freight index rose 9.8% month-on-month. Industry experts said that the resumption of work and production has increased demand in Southeast Asia, and the increase has exceeded expectations. Southeast Asia freight rates After the recent warming, while Sino-US freight rates rebounded slightly, they also soared. The Shanghai export container freight index, which reflects spot freight rates, closed at 4,727.06 on December 3, an increase of 125.09 from a week ago.

At the Shenzhen Yantian Port Container Terminal, container ships are berthed at almost every berth, and the entire terminal is basically operating at full capacity. The reporter found that in the Yantian Port Logistics Mini Program, there were occasional reminders about the shortage of empty containers in October, but there were no reminders in November.

Data from the National Bureau of Statistics show that in the first eight months of this year, my country's metal container output increased 1.7 times compared with the same period last year. Reporters learned in the market that although the shortage of containers has been temporarily solved, the shortage of shipping space is still serious. Not only has the combination of containers become the norm, but companies have also made up their minds about the corner space of containers.