There was a confirmed case at the cargo terminal of Shanghai Pudong Airport, and the cargo terminal will be fully suspended from today. As the cargo throughput of Pudong Airport ranks third in the world,

 

Directly impacting the global freight order, the price of air freight from Taiwan to Shanghai has skyrocketed. Last Friday, it has risen from 50 yuan per kilogram to 100 yuan in one breath.

 

If the cargo terminal cannot resume operation in a short period of time, I am afraid there will be a surge.

 

Air freight rates have risen astonishingly. In early August, due to the night ban on freighters flying from mainland China to Europe and the United States, the land-based airline industry took the lead in increasing the air freight rates from mainland China to the United States.

 

Because of this night ban, some cargoes exported to the United States have been transferred from Taiwan. China Airlines and Evergreen Airlines have benefited from the benefits of transfer orders. There have been significant increases in the previous period.

 

The shipper is scared and is eager to find a pipeline to ship

 

Last Friday it was reported that the Pudong Freight Station was closed again. In the first place, the land-based airline stated that it would not accept the goods at all. On the contrary, it was the Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific.

 

As well as Taiwanese China Airlines and Evergreen Airlines, they are all waiting for Pudong's latest announcement, but the "scared" shippers are like frightened birds and are looking for channels through which they can ship.

 

According to incomplete statistics, the customers of the Pudong Airport Cargo Terminal include more than 40 Chinese and foreign airlines.

 

It is expected that there will be large-scale cancellation of international flights in the next few days. The direct impact is the reduction of capacity, which will lead to the continued increase of air freight prices.

 

China and foreign airlines fear massive cancellations of flights

 

Pudong Airport is the largest cargo airport in mainland China, with cargo and mail transportation volume of 3,686,600 tons in 2020.

 

Due to the lack of resources such as loading and unloading on the apron, and there are flights flying empty or returning to the original aircraft, the effective capacity is further reduced.

 

Pulling goods or delays may become the new normal, and freight rates will fluctuate further.

 

Some air freight forwarders pointed out that according to the current airport epidemic prevention operations in mainland China, once an epidemic is detected, the freight at the station will basically be suspended.

 

The relevant cargo terminal will be closed for at least 14 days.

 

Although the news was only fermented over the weekend, last Friday’s air freight rate reacted in advance. Taiwan’s flight to Shanghai rose from 50 yuan per kilogram to 100 yuan in one breath.

 

Still unable to adjust the space, the two national airlines are not only "East Qiao Xi Qiao", but also to see which freighter can pack high-priced goods, and are also assessing how to deal with it.

 

The airline industry pointed out that in the past, if a single airport cargo terminal was closed, "it would be regarded as a typhoon day." Basically, nearby airports can be diverted.

 

It was delivered by inland trucks, but Pudong was more troublesome this time, mainly due to the surrounding airports. Nanjing had the worst epidemic before, and Hangzhou had insufficient cargo capacity.

 

It is likely to have to go to Zhengzhou, which is relatively far away, and the freight will naturally increase.

 

Limited capacity, warehouse may not have space

 

The airline industry said that although the freight has doubled, it is "visible but not necessarily edible." As soon as passenger flights are reduced, the capacity that can be freed up by pure cargo aircraft is very limited.

 

There is not much cargo to be packed; second, the warehouses around the airport are full of cargo after this wave of epidemics. There is no way to free up space to stock up the cargo. Everyone is not sure.