Shipping industry: market remains optimistic about next year

Citigroup Global Securities decline next year to see the container shipping market conditions, Zhi-jian, chairman of Evergreen Marine that little gap between supply and demand next year, cautiously optimistic about the market development; Yang Ming Marine Transport General Manager He Shusheng said, according to Yang past experience, United States on Taiwan do not understand the shipping industry; Wan Hai Bai Zhi Zhou, general manager of the market also think that next year will not be too bad.

Zhi-jian of next year, the volume of container shipping market, the growth in the United States has a clear line has been estimated, an estimated 6% growth, the lack of objective data to Europe, owner of his own assessment is 6 to 8%, while the next container tonnage increase in the proportion of about 10%, slightly higher than the increase in the proportion of cargo, the situation is quite reasonable.

Zhou said Bai Zhi, Wei Jiafu, president of China Ocean Shipping Company's views before he was recognized, the first half of the container shipping market and high growth slowed in the second half, mainly because the second half of last year, the market had already started to recover, the market trend to be seen next year estimated to be no bad.

In the ocean freight forwarders operating among the largest shipping Pei Hua Lin, founder of light that the owner of the financial tsunami, the changes in the market has to tackle the problem, idle ships, reduce the speed of the ship navigation method of supply and demand are adjusted, the Companies can also, through logistics, marketing and operating income and reduce expenditure to improve it.

Taiwan International Chairman Hua Yan Yi Choi pointed out that the market has been high if you only have to fear, there are peak seasons, said the market was doing virtuous cycle, or the sale of goods ranging from light delivery to a certain extent, the market does that mean we bubble.