We continue to pay attention to the logistics dynamics of Central Asian countries, but the recent crisis in the Red Sea route has begun to slowly affect the balance of international logistics capacity in Central Asia, roughly because after the Red Sea route is blocked, there are two alternatives, one is that a large number of shipping companies choose to bypass the Cape of Good Hope in Africa to reach the port of Oudiji, but extend the sailing time of the ship, for the shipper, the booking cost has also doubled; The second is to choose the China-Europe train to deliver the goods, but the shipping plan, transportation ** and port reloading capacity will not be able to match the soaring volume, and there will be fluctuations in the timeliness and freight, and Central Asian countries are on the way to the China-Europe train, part of the land transport capacity will be squeezed, therefore, in the next few weeks, the Central Asian land transport capacity, freight rate and timeliness will follow the China-Europe train, European shipping fluctuation at the same frequency, need to be noted by relevant practitioners, the following we from the information and experience collected, judge the world** Advantages and disadvantages of the chain against the Red Sea crisis plan.
First of all, according to different enterprise attributes, different solutions will be made for the Red Sea crisis, such as manufacturing enterprises will increase the safety stock of raw materials and spare parts according to the extended shipping time; Shipping companies will use the increased capacity to reduce the frequency of shipping schedules caused by ships detouring the Cape of Good Hope, and the cost of detours will be passed on to users exponentially; Secondly, some companies will also adopt alternative transportation solutions such as multimodal transport and China-Europe trains, such as sea-air combined transport, all-railway transport, etc., to reduce the risk of arrival timeliness and transportation costs. From the alternatives we know, the choice of China-Europe freight train may be the main transportation solution to quickly solve the crisis, and at the same time, the China-Europe freight train will also have a capacity crisis due to the sudden expansion of cargo volume.
Secondly, let's look at these plans from the perspective of the ** chain. For example, from the procurement side, select the surrounding ** merchants whose transportation radius is smaller than the Red Sea or are not affected. As early as the new crown epidemic period, a large number of global manufacturing enterprises have carried out chain reengineering, or reduce the radius of the chain, or reintegrate some of the broken ends, therefore, a large number of enterprises choose to set up factories or establish warehousing centers nearby in order to save customers, so as to reduce customer loss; The manufacturing side chooses to outsource factories that do not go through the Red Sea Line for production, but there are still risks of unstable and incomplete product matching and process standards.
Finally, in addition to the above solutions, global enterprises also need to hedge the risk of cargo delivery, use various insurance tools to reduce international and international logistics risks, such as maritime insurance, land transportation insurance or other parcel insurance, etc., to solve the possibility of accidents in the international transportation of goods; The use of international credit insurance, letter of credit and international factoring and other tools to solve the problem of payment in the international market, I believe that in special times, these hedging tools will become an important part of all plans.
*Please indicate that the article is from the official website of Xinjiang Zhonglian Huayun International Freight**Youji Company.