Since the outbreak of the epidemic, container shipping rates have soared

Since last year, the global container freight rate has soared like a rocket. Bloomberg reported that before the outbreak, most shipping analysts could not imagine that each container from Asia to the United States would be charged $10,000 per container. According to Drewry's data, from 2011 to March 2020, the average freight from Shanghai to Los Angeles was less than US$1,800 per container. Starting in July 2021, the list price for shipping from China to major ports on the west coast of Europe and the United States is close to US$12,000 per container. Some companies said they were eventually charged US$20,000 before the goods were shipped.