According to him, when China’s economy started to rise, the demand for cargo space and containers increased. Thus there was a high demand, and transportation increased.
Likewise, what happened with the high demand for exports, while the volume of imports also decreased a lot during the pandemic, there was no accumulation of empty containers for export in Indonesia. However, containers and spaces are becoming difficult at the moment.
He continued that a lot of space and containers were absorbed into China. As a result, export freight costs are multiplying and making shipping more selective on long haul cargoes [long trips such as to the US and Europe].
Thus, there is a high demand for a falling supply. As for containers, the ownership is in shipping companies, both domestic and international.
Furthermore, he also proposed that the empty container repo to Indonesia be freed from loading costs at the port. In addition, encouraging the opening of import taps to Indonesia, and exporters are expected to substitute container types, from usually using 40 High Cubs (HC) to 20 HC.
“The INSA DPP has submitted some of these suggestions in a meeting some time ago with the government and other stakeholders,” he said.
In addition, it is necessary to find the best solution to deal with the current global container shortage by involving all shipping stakeholders.
Currently, to maintain the operations of international shipping operators from Indonesia, the world container shipping operators are reducing the number of container ship operations to reduce the company’s cost burden. As a result, there was a shortage of containers. This condition has also resulted in a lift in freight or higher global shipping costs.
Particularly for Indonesia, the shortage of export containers is due to reduced import volume which means a decrease in the number of containers going to Indonesia.
Sources : https://ekonomi.bisnis.com/read/20201208/98/1328114/kontainer-ekspor-jadi-barang-langka-begini-penjelasan-insa
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