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Port operations and terminal operation efficiency will be affected.
If the epidemic has paralyzed Shanghai as an international logistics hub, then the outbreak of the epidemic in Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, the most important source of goods in Shanghai, and Ningbo port, the alternative export port of the Yangtze River Delta, has made the Yangtze River Delta, the world's most important manufacturing factory and logistics hub. Affected by the epidemic, many freight forwarders have suspended CCX regular delivery, and only CLX+ are available in the market this week. Port operations and terminal operation efficiency will be affected. It is not easy for port workers and truck drivers to get in and out of the port. Resulting in a prescription delay, freight is expected to increase. In fact, in the past few days, in addition to Ningbo, confirmed cases have been reported in Hangzhou, Jiaxing, Shaoxing and Jinhua, as well as in Suzhou, Kunshan and Changshu, among which pick-up drivers and truck drivers have been the hardest hit. Due to the particularity of truck drivers' work, the tracks of confirmed truck drivers are all over wharves, warehouses, yards, logistics parks and industrial parks. The outbreak of this round of epidemic will affect port operation and terminal operation efficiency. It is not easy for port workers and truck drivers to get in and out of the port. Delays, port jumping and congestion will be inevitable.And it is expected to drive up the cost of chartering ships around the world and extend shipping times for goods. In addition, affected by supply chain crisis and rising transportation costs.
How to use 3pl to reduce logistics costs?
Warehouse is a key node connecting buyers and sellers in modern logistics. Placing this node overseas is not only conducive to the expansion of overseas markets, but also reduces logistics costs. With its own overseas warehouse, it can deliver goods from the country where the buyer is located, thereby shortening the order cycle, improving the user experience, increasing the rate of repeated purchases, and allowing sales to break through the bottleneck and take it to a higher level! To put it simply, 3pl provides one-stop services for warehousing, sorting, packaging, delivery and other items for sellers according to the needs of the majority of e-commerce sellers. The seller stores the goods in foreign warehouses. When the buyer has a demand, the seller can respond quickly and notify 3pl in time to sort and pack the goods, and deliver the goods from 3pl to other regions or countries, which improves the logistics response. time. At the same time, combined with the local logistics characteristics of 3pl, it can ensure the safe, accurate, timely and low-cost arrival of the goods to the terminal buyers. Disadvantages of e-commerce trade, direct shipment from China to end buyers: 1. The delivery time is long. 2. The delivery cost is high. 3. The delivery pipeline changes greatly. 4. The risk of customs clearance is difficult to control. 5. It is difficult to return and exchange goods. 6. If the product is involved in commodity inspection, it cannot be operated. Advantages of e-commerce trade, 3pl direct sending: 1. It can provide customers to bypass overseas importers, avoid the dilemma of being controlled by others, and independently carry out overseas terminal distribution. 2. 3pl direct delivery to the country, to solve the problem of slow delivery time. 3. Bulk delivery of export transportation for the first leg instead of single delivery. There is no need to build 3pl and hire labor in the middle section. Terminal localized delivery. Three in one, high cost to solve. 4. The pipeline transportation of overseas local delivery is limited and the price is relatively stable, which solves the problem of major changes in the delivery pipeline. 5. Including customs clearance services, there will be no customs clearance risk during transportation. 6. The problem of return and exchange can be easily realized. 7. If the product involves commodity inspection, the problem can be solved.
Notice on Reducing and Consolidating Port Charges and Other Relevant Matters
From April first, the execution of the decrease and consolidation of port charges and different issues On March 2, the Ministry of Transport and the National Development and Reform Commission mutually gave the "Notice on Reducing and Consolidating Port Charges and Other Relevant Matters", choosing to diminish and combine port charges, decrease pilotage expenses for seaside ports in a designated way, and further develop the towing boat expense charging strategy. This notice will be executed from April 1, 2022. Assuming that the recently delivered guidelines on port activity administration accuses are conflicting of this notification, this notice will win.