AP Moller-Maersk, yaklaşık %17'lik pazar payıyla dünyanın en büyük konteyner nakliyecilerinden biri ve küresel ticaretin barometresi olarak görülüyor.
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AP Moller-Maersk on Wednesday predicted a slowdown in global shipping container demand this year amid weakening consumer confidence and supply chain congestion.
The Danish shipping and logistics company — one of the world’s largest and a broad barometer for global trade — said it loaded 7.4% fewer containers onto ships in the second quarter when compared to the same period in 2021, prompting it to revise the full-year outlook for its container business.
Maersk now expects demand to be at the lower end of its range, between -1% and 1% in 2022, as rising inflation and energy prices darken the global economic outlook.
“Geopolitical uncertainty and higher inflation via higher energy prices continued to weigh on consumer sentiment and growth expectations,” the company yaptığı açıklamada.
“Given this background, in 2022 global container demand is now expected to be at the lower end of the -1% to +1% forecasted range,” it said.
Stockpiles build-up
The container shipping industry at large has benefited from higher freight rates as companies have had to pay record sums to transport their goods amid a plethora of market disruptions. On Thursday, shipping group Hapag-Lloyd AG raised its profit forecast after it said average freight rates rose around 80% in the first half of the year.
Maersk said that while freight rates had recently softened slightly, they remain at historic highs, and ongoing congestion issues pointed to continued fluctuation in prices.
“The continued congestion and dislocation of supply and demand fundamentals in the logistics industry increases the uncertainty surrounding the outlook for freight rates,” the company said.
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/03/shipping-firm-maersk-warns-of-weak-demand-and-warehouses-filling-up.html