What factors affect the FBA sea freight cost

There are many freight forwarding companies engaged in FBA maritime services in China, and the prices quoted by different freight forwarding companies may vary for the same route. The reason why logistics quotations from different freight forwarding companies differ in height is because the freight forwarding companies have different FBA maritime resources and provide different logistics and transportation services. Besides factors such as freight forwarding companies, what other factors will affect Amazon Ocean Shipping's quotation? Let's learn more about it together with Dinghuan International Freight.

The cost of FBA sea transportation is related to the shipping route, and the length of the shipping route and the volume of cargo transportation directly affect the logistics transportation cost. Generally speaking, the longer the shipping route, the higher the shipping cost. For example, the shipping cost from Shenzhen, China to the west coast of the United States is lower than that to the east coast of the United States; When there is a large amount of cargo transportation on the route and the loading capacity of ships is high, the average transportation cost of shipping companies decreases, and the transportation cost is relatively low.

The cost of FBA sea freight is also affected by changes in market supply and demand. During the peak season, the demand for transportation in the market grows rapidly, and the number of ships coming and going is limited. People urgently need to transport goods, and the price of sea freight will relatively increase. In the off-season, on the contrary, market transportation demand continues to be sluggish, and shipping companies will appropriately reduce shipping costs in order to secure more orders. In order to reduce the impact of off peak seasons and reduce FBA shipping costs, foreign trade enterprises should develop reasonable shipping plans.

In addition to such objective reasons as market supply and demand, FBA shipping costs are also affected by political event, public emergencies and other factors. When political regulations or public emergencies affect cargo declaration, port cargo circulation, or logistics transportation, the corresponding sea freight costs will change. For example, when a worker at a port in the United States is infected with novel coronavirus, which causes that the container cannot be unloaded in time, the congestion cost may be increased, and the freight forwarder will add it to the quotation of FBA shipping over a long period of time.