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Recently, there is a'shipping riot' in which goods cannot be sent overseas because they cannot find a ship.

Freight costs are soaring, and export companies are in an awkward situation, but the government is preparing emergency measures.



This is Kim Hye-min.



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is the schedule of ships operated by the national carrier HMM.



There is only one ship that can be booked for two weeks, and all others are full.



In the third quarter of this year, the US economy rebounded and sea transportation demand increased significantly, but the number of ships remained declining due to the COVID-19 pandemic.



Naturally, fares are soaring.



The sea freight rate index is the highest since the start of accounting in October 2009.



Shipping fares for US routes, mainly used by Korean export companies, jumped 2.5 times from the 1,500 dollar level earlier this year to the 3,800 dollar level.



[Shipping brokerage parties: a situation that brings foreign side will raise to force the fare could not maintain the contractual freight iteunikka increasing the supply right now, but at first the annual contract]



LG Chem electric car batteries in Europe through the Trans-Siberian train And electronics and tire makers are also concerned that exports will be disrupted, so they will launch specials at the end of the year, such as Black Friday in the United States.



In particular, the cases of large foreign shipping companies going directly from China to the United States from China have increased significantly.



[Byeongseon Woo/HMM Deputy Head of External Affairs Office: China is the place with the largest amount of cargo in Asia, and large global shipping companies can go to the US because the cargo volume is full even if they go to China alone...

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the clamor of the industry, the government plans to inject more than one additional national flag per month, but this is only a temporary measure.



[Seo Jeong-ho/Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Shipping Policy Manager: There is a problem that has not met all the demands of domestic export companies after Hanjin Shipping's bankruptcy in February 2017.] As the



situation worsens, the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries will represent 15 container carriers tomorrow (11th) Have an emergency response meeting with them.



(Video editing: Jihye So, VJ: Mingu Jung)