2020-09-18
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By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – USocean regulator the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has fired a warning shotacross the bows of container shipping lines, saying it will head to the courtsif there is evidence of collusion on the transpacific trades.
海运圈聚焦9月18日讯 美国海洋监管机构联邦海事委员会（FMC）向集装箱航运公司发出警告称，如果有证据表明在跨太平洋贸易中存在串通行为，它将向法院起诉。
Freight rates between Asia and the east andwest coast of the US have reached record highs in recent months and, followinga closed meeting of FMC commissioners yesterday, the regulator said it waslooking into possible infringements of competition law.
近几个月来，亚洲与美国东西海岸之间的运费达到了历史新高，在昨天联邦海事委员会专员的一次非公开会议后，该监管机构表示正在调查可能违反竞争法的情况。
“If there is any indication of carrierbehaviour that might violate the competition standards in section 6(g) of theShipping Act, the commission will immediately seek to address these concernswith the carriers.
"如果有任何迹象表明承运人的行为可能违反《航运法》第6(g)条的竞争标准，委员会将立即寻求与承运人解决这些问题。
“If necessary, the FMC will go to federalcourt to seek an injunction to enjoin further operation of the non-compliantalliance agreement,” it said, adding that it had “heightened its scrutiny ofmarkets, individual ocean carriers, and the three global carrier alliances inresponse to the unusual circumstances and challenges created by the Covid-19pandemic”.
他表示，"如有必要，联邦海事委员会将向联邦法院寻求禁令，以禁止违规联盟协议的进一步运作。为了应对新型冠状病毒大流行带来的不同寻常的情况和挑战，它加强了对市场、个别远洋承运人和三大全球承运人联盟的审查"。
It said it had received “detailed reportsthat addressed trends in spot rates, longer-term service contracts, utilisationof equipment, blanked sailings, revenue trends, the policies of individualcarriers and global alliances for service changes, as well as what notice mustbe provided to the FMC when there are blanked, cancelled or amended voyages.
它说，它已经收到了 "详细的报告，涉及即期费率的趋势、长期服务合同、设备使用、空白航次、收入趋势、个别承运人和全球联盟的服务变更政策，以及当出现空白航次、取消或修改航次时必须向FMC提供哪些通知。
“The FMC is actively monitoring for anypotential effect on freight rates and transport service levels, using a varietyof sources and markers, including the exhaustive information that parties to acarrier agreement must file with the agency,” it added.
"FMC正在积极监测对运费和运输服务水平的任何潜在影响，使用各种来源和标记，包括承运人协议各方必须向该机构提交的详尽信息。"它补充说。
While carriers have continued to restrictcapacity, the transpacific trade has seen a surge in demand over the summer.Last week, Hackett Associates’ Global Port Tracker recorded US ports handling1.92m teu in July, which although being down 2.3% year on year, was up 19.3% onJune, “and significantly higher than the 1.76m teu forecast a month ago”.
虽然承运人继续限制运力，但跨太平洋贸易的需求在夏季出现了激增。上周，HackettAssociates的全球港口追踪记录显示，7月份美国港口处理量为192万TEU，虽然同比下降了2.3%，但比6月份增长了19.3%。"明显高于一个月前预测的176万TEU"。
And it currently forecasts August’sthroughput at 2.06m teu, which would be 6% higher than August last year andrepresent the highest monthly throughput on record, “beating the previousrecord of 2.04m teu set in October 2018”.
目前，该公司预测8月份的吞吐量为206万标准箱，将比去年8月份增长6%，是有记录以来最高的月度吞吐量。"超过了此前2018年10月创下的204万标准箱的记录"。
Data from the port of Los Angeles supportsthis – it said this week that August container throughput was its highest ever,at 961,833 teu, which was up 12% year on year, and saw loaded imports breachthe 500,000 teu mark for the first time.
洛杉矶港的数据也证明了这一点，该港本周表示，8月集装箱吞吐量为历史最高，达到961,833标准箱，同比增长12%，装船进口量首次突破50万标准箱大关。
Meanwhile headhaul spot rates continue athistoric highs: today’s World Container Index (WCI) from Drewry recorded aShanghai-Los Angeles spot rate of $3,922 per 40ft, which Drewry said was 2% upon last week and a staggering year-on-year 182% increase.
同时，首航集装箱即期运价继续处于历史高位：今天，德鲁里的全球集装箱指数(WCI)显示，上海至洛杉矶的即期运价为每40英尺3,922美元，德鲁里表示，这一运价比上周上涨2%，同比增长182%。
It is a similar situation on the Asia-USeast coast trade, with today’s WCI Shanghai-New York reading $,716 per 40ft, up3% week on week and 94% year on year.
在亚美东海岸贸易上也是类似的情况，今日WCI上海至纽约的报价为每40尺716美元，比上周增长3％，比去年同期增长94％。
However, it appears carriers have begun toheed warnings from the FMC and China’s ministry of transport. This week, OceanAlliance member OOCL announced it was reinstating six of nine previouslyannounced blanked sailings on the transpacific slated to take place around theGolden Week holidays.
不过，似乎承运人已经开始听从FMC和中国交通运输部的警告。本周，远洋联盟成员东方海外（OOCL）宣布在黄金周假期前后进行恢复此前宣布的9个太平洋空白航次中的6个。
海运圈聚焦编译自The Loadstar
