Is the shipping market facing challenges due to sluggish demand, and may large-scale transportation bring opportunities?

Is the shipping market facing challenges due to sluggish demand, and may large-scale transportation bring opportunities?

In recent times, due to factors such as economic downturn, inflation, and geopolitical factors, the shipping market has continued to be sluggish, and the resistance to the growth of shipping companies is gradually expanding. Many shipping companies have launched a series of "actions" to cope with the challenges of the shipping market. It is understood that Maersk, one of the shipping giants, plans to lay off 3500 employees next year! I believe many employees have already started to shiver.

In the context of sustained sluggish demand, another giant, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), is also trying new strategies to enhance freight transportation and improve the situation of overcapacity.
MSC recently shipped 30 transformers from India to Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, each weighing over 140 tons. Considering the oversized nature of the goods and the professional handling required for loading onto container ships, transportation is a very complex operation.

Not only shipping companies, but also freight forwarders must know how difficult it is to transport large cargo items such as machinery and equipment, special vehicles, wind power equipment, gantry cranes, etc! Due to the varying weight and size of large goods, sometimes the one-time shipment volume is also relatively large, so there are various ways to transport large goods. However, due to the influence of volume and weight, ordinary vehicle transportation or air transportation sometimes cannot meet their transportation needs, so sea transportation has become the main mode of transportation for large cargo.

So what should we pay attention to when shipping large cargo by sea?

First, let's understand what large cargo is. Large cargo refers to goods whose length, width, height, and weight exceed a certain range and require special measures during transportation. Buky and Length Cargo, also known as Heavy Cargo, are commonly referred to as large items or large objects. Large items include two aspects: oversized equipment (cargo) and overweight equipment (cargo).

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