{"id":3436,"date":"2021-12-07T21:09:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T13:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hb-international.com\/?post_type=linkedin&p=3436"},"modified":"2022-12-12T23:03:08","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T15:03:08","slug":"chinese-new-year-2022-foodlegends-traditions-andsupply-chain-headache","status":"publish","type":"linkedin","link":"https:\/\/hb-international.com\/en\/linkedin\/chinese-new-year-2022-foodlegends-traditions-andsupply-chain-headache\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese New Year 2022: Food,
Legends, Traditions\u2026.and
Supply Chain Headache!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Also known as Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, Chinese New Year is the most important festival in Chinese culture. It is time for family members to gather together and celebrate a full week of public holiday.
Chinese New Year in 2022 will fall on Tuesday, February 1st, marking the begging of the Year of the Tiger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next year, China’s public holiday will officially start from January 31st, Monday and last all the way to February 6th, Sunday.
The supply chain disruption will not just take place during the CNY public holiday but also 2 weeks prior and after respectively.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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On top of the usual turmoil during CNY period, we are facing
unprecedented challenges:
\u2022 A surging demand
\u2022 Lack of vessel capacity
\u2022 Equipment shortage
\u2022 300-600% higher rates compared to last year
\u2022 Feeder services will halt operations in ports located in southern
China from mid-December to approximately mid-February<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aerial view container cargo ship carrying commercial container in import export business commerce logistic and transportation of international by container ship at morning over the sunlight international shipping port background<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

EUROPE TO ASIA TRADELANE :<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Avoid vessels with an ETA in Asia between January, 17th and
February 13th to avoid or limit storage and demurrage.
\u2022 Blank sailings have been already announced in December
and January by carriers
\u2022 Try as much as possible to book vessel which could propose an
arrival date a week after CNY
\u2022 Shipping lines already made it clear that they cannot grant
extra free time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ASIA TO EUROPE TRADELANE :<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 From early December the demand is expected to grow 20% to 30% vs. November
\u2022 The Peak season will reach its climax in early January while
carrier supply continues to struggle due to port congestion and
vessel delay
\u2022 To meet our customers\u2019 various requirements, HBI consistently
pre-books spaces with a wide variety of carriers and services such
as low rates with long transit time or higher rates with shorter
transit time, or Non-operating Reefer
\u2022 HBI is dedicated to providing the most fitting solution for our
customers valuable products; nontheless we would still urged our customers to plan ahead and book at least 2-3 weeks in advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Should you have any query, concern or question please reach
out to your dedicated procurement team either in France with
Nicolas (ncreignou@hb-international.com) or in China with
Edward (edward.yang@hb-international.com).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3426,"template":"","class_list":["post-3436","linkedin","type-linkedin","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry","has-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hb-international.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/linkedin\/3436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hb-international.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/linkedin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hb-international.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/linkedin"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hb-international.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/linkedin\/3436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hb-international.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hb-international.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}