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Cailian News Agency, November 24th (Reporter Chen Mo) This year, there seems to be a lot of "thunder" in the circle of ocean freight forwarding. After selling the cabin at a low price, the carrier lost contact with the payment, the customer had to pay for the handling fees of the skyrocketing high price container, and the container was stranded at the port, resulting in the inability of the freight forwarder to pay the skyrocketing demurrage fees... Recently, the "Haibo Incident" was reported, involving millions of dollars, which can be called the "2022 Thunderbolt" in the freight forwarding industry.

Recently, Cailian News Agency reporters learned through multiple interviews that in the context of declining trade demand and plummeting sea freight costs, freight forwarders who rely on "earning price differences" for a living are facing the embarrassment of significantly shrinking price difference space. In order to compete for the supply of goods, the freight forwarding industry has sparked a trend of low-priced "internal competition". As consolidation prices return to rationality, the compliance management of the freight forwarding industry also urgently needs to be strengthened.

Fancy Thunder, what's wrong with the freight forwarding industry?

As the protagonist of the "Haipu Incident", there are rumors that Tan Xiong of Haipu (Shanghai) International Logistics Co., Ltd. (referred to as "Haipu Company") and Tan Xin, an employee of COSCO Shipping Group, have a father son relationship. It is said that Tan Xiong contacted Tan Xin to lock up the high priced cabin of COSCO Shipping and sell it at a low price in the market. However, the funds obtained from selling the cabin were not paid to the shipping company, but were directly lost with the funds. This results in the freight forwarder and shipper having to pay the freight again, otherwise a total of 300 40HQ containers will not be able to pick up the goods upon arrival at the destination port. The event involved an amount of millions of dollars.

In the "Haibo Incident", Shanghai Xulai International Logistics Co., Ltd. obtained relatively more cabin space from Haibo Company. A reporter from Cailian News Agency recently sought confirmation from the person in charge of Xulai Company, who stated that they had communicated with the relevant person in charge of COSCO Shipping Group to resolve the issue, but the specific situation cannot be disclosed. Xu Lai company employees also told reporters that the incident has been properly resolved. However, some industry insiders who booked the batch of problematic cabins from Xulai Company complained to reporters that they were "deceived" into losing two cabinets, with an amount of approximately 10000 US dollars. Xulai Company has not yet properly resolved this issue, and the relevant parties have now filed a lawsuit.

The reporter also contacted COSCO Shipping Group, and the other party stated that this matter needs to be transferred to COSCO Shipping for consolidation. COSCO Shipping responded to reporters that this matter needs to be forwarded to sales personnel for inquiry, but the sales personnel's phone number was not able to be reached.

What is the situation with Haibo Company, the source of the incident? Recently, Cailian News Agency reporters have repeatedly called the legal representative and shareholders of Haipu Company, but they were unable to reach them by the time of publication. According to Aiqicha, Haibo Company is still in a state of operation.

On the spot visit to Haipu Company's registered address at No. 5475 Yunchuan Road, Baoshan District, Shanghai, the reporter found that the enterprise affiliated with the address is Shanghai Shidongkou Economic Development Company. A person from Shidongkou Company told the Associated Press that the enterprises registered at this address are all investment attracting enterprises of the company.