Last month , Dutch fruit importer , Marcel van Rooijen , express his surprisal at transportation companionship ' leeway here . He is , once again , go the alarm . " It seems the post is incur increasingly out of manus with financial outcome for producers , exporters , and importer , " he begins .
Marcel van Rooijen
" The carriers are using the pandemic and the war in Ukraine to argue for several things . " Marcel thinks ocean freight is distinctly being cartelized . " Why else would shippers laden in Peru for Europe all increase their rate from $ 1,650 to $ 1,850 per container on March 1 ? "
" That , on rates already 25 - 30 % higher than in 2021 ? It ’s been reported that these company ' net profit margins rose at least tenfold in 2021 . Then you understand we ’re being milked even further to repeat that in 2022 . Who ’s going to condemn this cartelization ? "
" Transit times have been all ignored in recent months too . Everything ’s treated as general cargo , not fresh produce , these days . Why ? That ’s beyond me , " Marcel go along , mention an model . " We ’re plan a weekly glide from Santos ( Brazil ) for a customer ’s program . That ordinarily take 16 - 18 days , so one container of fresh fruit going away per week . What ’s the issue ? "
" Currently , that fruit is afoot for at least four workweek . The container get in in pairs every fortnight . So , who ’s being conned ? The unloader only know when his yield will arrive while booking . Do you think they ’ll enjoin him beforehand the goods will be afoot for at least five week before touch Rotterdam ? "
" To not even cite the physical custom inspections of the container in Rotterdam . you may add a hebdomad to the time lag for that . Then mold out how smart yield is before it strike supermarket shelves . I understand that ascendancy are needed . But then please get them to bucket along up the arrangement . If that engage two days spare , no - one would say a matter , " Marcel concludes .
Jaguar the fresh company ’s Kees Rijnhout , too , take to social media last week :
It ’s unblushing and disgraceful that shipping ship’s company have increased their rates to this extreme to further billow their profit allowance . And that , at the disbursement of trade and consumers . Turnover $ 56 billion , Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization $ 23.1 billion ! ! ! …. # monoply # ill-usage # shameful
For more information : Marcel van RooijenTrofi10 Harnaschdreef2635 BT , Den Hoorn , NLTel : +31 ( 0 ) 180 330 825Email:[email protected]Website : www.trofi.nl
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