Study On China-Japan Container Liner Freight

As one of the three biggest lines in China's container export, China-Japan line was easy to earn profits because of its low threshold, short voyage and big amount of goods. But since the"zero freight"appeared in 2003, China-Japan container liner freight fluctuates acutely. The freight rises back in midseason, whereas, it keeps the state of low-level in off-season. Freight is the glass of shipping market. If the freight is too low, there will be a direct effect on the profits of shipping corporations. Therefore, how to effectively control China-Japan container liner freight to fluctuate and make the container liner market develop healthily and steadily is an emergent problem.The topic of this thesis is"Study on China-Japan Container Liner Freight", aiming at starting with the problem of"zero or minus freight", analyzing what problems exist in China-Japan container liner freight, what factors lead to these problems and how to take steps to solve these problems.First,on the analysis of the fluctuation character and the structure of China-Japan CCFI (China Containerized Freight Index), this thesis summarizes the general level and the main problems of China-Japan container liner freight at present. Second, this thesis utilizes the demand and supply theory, market structure theory and game theory to analyze the main influence factors in four aspects, which are the market's demand and supply, structure, conduct and external supervision. Finally, on the basis of the former analysis, this thesis makes policy advices about how to stabilize the freight and maintain the market's competition order in the angles of industry autonomy and government control.