{"id":81237,"date":"2021-09-23T08:39:12","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T08:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tin.happy-projects.ro\/skyrocketing-freight-rates-puts-pressure-european-timber-import-prices\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T08:56:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:56:07","slug":"skyrocketing-freight-rates-puts-pressure-european-timber-import-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/skyrocketing-freight-rates-puts-pressure-european-timber-import-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Skyrocketing freight rates puts pressure on European timber import prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The key topic when it comes to European imports from Asia remains freight rates. A 40ft container from Malaysia or Indonesia as late as last autumn cost US$1500 -$2000. By Q2 2021 importers were being quoted US$15,000- 20,000 and rates have stayed there.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is attributed mainly to the general disruption to world trade caused by the pandemic, with a lack of return freight from western markets to South East Asia and empty containers stock piling in the wrong locations. In response, there has been a shift for some timber products, such as plywood and sawn timber, to break bulk.<\/p>\n<p>But shippers have capitalised and put rates up here too. It\u2019s also not proved a straightforward solution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt takes longer than shipping by container and is more complex to organise. You have to have the volume to make it viable, goods are more prone to damage and unloading is a time-consuming process,\u201d said an importer.<\/p>\n<p>They added that the breakbulk vessel Konya from Malaysia to Rotterdam and London Tilbury this summer spent weeks discharging at the latter, partly as the port was so busy, partly because personnel weren\u2019t used to the work. It was reported to be the first timber breakbulk from Malaysia into London in 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBreakbulk also just doesn\u2019t work for more vulnerable and valuable goods, like flooring,\u201d said one importer. \u201cWe\u2019ve just had to pay the container rate and hope customers will cover the cost. Asian timber price rises this year average 8-10%. Freight has pushed that to 30%.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No-one sees container rates changing significantly in the near future and, despite the issues with the Konya, another breakbulk vessel is due to set sail for continental Europe and the UK in October.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChristmas goods traffic from China will now further underpin container prices, so we see little sign of softening for the next six to eight months,\u201d said an importer. \u201cTalk is also now that rates have historically been too low and that, even when they come down, it won\u2019t be to former levels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Importing from Brazil is also proving a greater challenge. \u201cPrices are sky high, driven up by US and wider global demand and also the serious Covid situation, which has led to personnel shortages and restricted mills\u2019 output,\u201d said an importer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe combination of the pandemic and political turmoil has also hit administration and it\u2019s become increasingly difficult to secure export licences.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The key topic when it comes to European imports from Asia remains freight rates. A 40ft container from Malaysia or Indonesia as late as last autumn cost US$1500 -$2000. 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