Looking back on the whole cross-border market in 2021, the whole cross-border market has been making great strides. In the past, Evergreen Shipping issued a 45-fold year-end bonus, and then the Suez Canal made a mad 6.3 billion US dollars. Before the Spring Festival, the entire freight forwarding circle ushered in another round of bonus carnivals, hoping that the new year will be filled with gold and goods will turn around. Focusing on cross-border logistics, it is an indisputable fact that the cost of air and sea freight will remain high in 2021. According to the changes in air freight prices from 2018 to December 2021 disclosed by the Financial Times, the air freight price on the route from Shanghai to North America in December 2021 reached a record high of US$14 per kilogram (about RMB 89). This price is higher than the US$8 per kilogram (about 51 yuan) at the end of August of the same year, and this price has refreshed the historical high of US$12 per kilogram (about 76 yuan) at the beginning of the new crown epidemic. Ocean freight prices also show a clear upward trend in 2021. According to data from the Shanghai Shipping Exchange, China’s export container freight index reached 3,344.24 on December 17, 2021, while the index was only 1,658.58 on December 31, 2020, which doubled directly. During the most tense period of transportation capacity, “lack of containers, cabinets, and flights” pushed the cross-border logistics industry to a seller’s market: the 40-foot Mason cabinet was once fired for more than 40,000 US dollars, and the US-line air freight broke history. peak. The boom in the industry has attracted a large influx of cross-border logistics service providers, and more and more logistics chaos has occurred frequently, and many unconventional freight forwarding companies have also taken advantage of this to disrupt the market: freight forwarding salesmen rely on speculative reselling of container sources, ” Earn a car in 7 days”, “Earn a house in half a year”… Countless money. On the one hand, the profit expectations of cross-border logistics companies are constantly increasing, and on the other hand, the cargo owners are struggling to match the soaring freight rates. Whoever watched it, did not sigh with emotion “two layers of ice and fire”. Only up and not down, the freight rate may return to 30/KG With the major shipping companies signing annual long-term contracts one after another, the general price has risen to US$7,000-10,000, and the overall freight rate in 2022 seems to be a year that will only rise and not fall. Affected by the wide spread of Omicron recently, under the chain reaction, voyage cancellations and port jumps are frequent. According to data released by Drewry in early January, in the next four weeks, the world’s three major shipping alliances have successively cancelled 44 voyages, and major trans-Pacific routes have cancelled 57 voyages, of which routes to the West Coast of the United States have been cancelled more. At the same time, unexpected events such as the port control of Zhoushan Port and the suspension of shipping by Mason have made the cross-border shipping that was not “prosperous” worse. Some urgent shippers are willing to pay sky-high prices to guarantee the space and stock up overseas. The seller revealed: “The current freight forwarder’s time-limited quotation has been raised to 26 RMB/KG, and the freight is expected to be raised again in the next two weeks. It is also possible to return to 30, and the goods will soon be ready.” In this regard, industry sources said that as short as In January, and as long as the next year or two, sellers will be under greater pressure on shipping costs. Behind the grand occasion of cooking oil with fire and flowers, cross-border logistics delays, cabinets and other risks are also increasing day by day. There are even some freight forwarders who want to increase prices in order to receive goods, and the profit margins of sellers are further eroded. Compare price, timeliness, and service, Feibox cross-border “simplifies complexity” Looking back, the unfriendly cross-border logistics market can only allow sellers to “select the best” among the major logistics providers, compare prices, compare time, compare services, and make all kinds of plans and calculations. A small and medium-sized seller complained: “In order to choose a reliable logistics service provider, I have to go bald.” With the severe international epidemic prevention and control situation, cross-border cargo transportation problems continue, and it is indeed difficult to cover everything by the seller alone. In this regard, sellers can use the support of the digital logistics platform to solve the pain points of various aspects of cross-border logistics and improve the efficiency of going overseas. As a logistics management software specially designed for cross-border e-commerce, Feibox intelligent contract fulfillment SaaS can provide integrated intelligent contract fulfillment such as logistics service provider screening, dynamic price comparison, intelligent order distribution, trajectory query, abnormal reminder, data management, etc. for overseas sellers Serve. It is reported that Feibox smart contract fulfillment SaaS has the following six outstanding advantages: 1. Screen high-quality logistics suppliers to reduce costs and avoid pitfalls. There are 1000+ high-quality logistics lines in the smart capacity pool, covering 130+ countries and regions, providing dynamic price comparison in three dimensions: real receipt rate, real time limit, and latest price. Sellers can establish a private capacity pool, import their own logistics accounts, and compare prices with one click. 2. Multi-platform order synchronization to improve human efficiency. Support Amazon, Shopee, Wish and other mainstream e-commerce platforms / Shopify, Store Maker and other website building platforms / ERP multi-channel logistics order synchronization such as Store Secret, Mabang, Yicang, etc. Sellers can handle all logistics channels through an open API interface and one account. Order. 3. Intelligently configure logistics solutions to simplify decision-making paths. According to the intelligent matching of information such as product specifications, destination countries, and the advantages of each logistics route, it recommends logistics solutions for sellers with different needs such as price and timeliness. At the same time, the logistics solutions support intelligent storage, and users can choose whether to enable or not to create a high-quality logistics that is truly suitable for sellers. plan. The whole process is transparent, and the abnormality is warned in advance to reduce customer complaints. Standardized logistics nodes, so that the performance status of each link is clearly visible, and real-time early warning of logistics node abnormalities such as order exceptions, contract performance exceptions, and overtime warnings is realized, allowing sellers to control the logistics status throughout the process, intervene in advance, and be prepared. 5. Active display of logistics status to improve store conversion rate and repurchase. After delivery, the logistics nodes are actively pushed to consumers in the form of text messages, emails, etc., so as to reduce the anxiety of waiting and reduce repeated consultation. Its smart contract fulfillment plug-in supports independent station users to display the estimated logistics arrival time on the product details page, and improves store conversion through deterministic logistics expectations. 6. Large screen of performance data to help data review. Comprehensively analyze the performance status of the day, including the total logistics order volume, delivered, undelivered, goods in transit, etc., so that sellers can more clearly know the logistics performance timeliness and sign-in rate, and provide a reference for logistics decision-making.
