Ningbo Shipping Exchange: The freight rate of the United States and the West increased sharply, and the comprehensive index stopped falling and rose. This week, the Ningbo Export Container Freight Index (NCFI) of the Maritime Silk Road Index released by Ningbo Shipping Exchange closed at 1722.8 points, up 4.8% from last week. Among the 21 routes, the freight index of 7 routes rose and that of 14 routes fell. Among the major ports along the "Maritime Silk Road", the freight index of 4 ports rose and that of 12 ports fell. The overall shipment of the market has increased, liner companies have reduced their route capacity, and at the same time, they have adjusted the port-calling order of some routes in the west of the United States, and the freight rate has increased more than that in the east of the United States. The freight index of the US-East route was 1808.1 points, up 10.0% from last week. The freight index of the US-West route was 2092.1 points, up 43.5% from last week.Zhuhai Guanyu: It has been notified by domestic car companies. Zhuhai Guanyu announced that the company has recently been notified by a domestic car company to select the company as its designated supplier to develop and supply low-voltage lithium batteries for 12V cars.Donghua Technology: Inner Mongolia New Materials, a holding subsidiary, signed a product sales contract with Yulin Chemical of Shaanxi Coal Group. Donghua Technology announced that China National Chemical New Materials Co., Ltd., a holding subsidiary, plans to sign a Product Sales Contract with Yulin Chemical Co., Ltd. of Shaanxi Coal Group, stipulating that Yulin Chemical will sell ethylene glycol and by-products produced by Inner Mongolia New Materials. The contract is from October 20, 2024 to December 31, 2025. Product prices are divided into temporary pricing and settlement price, and are priced according to the principle of marketization. From the beginning of 2024 to the disclosure date, the Company had related transactions with Yulin Chemical and its concerted parties, mainly to provide engineering services to Yulin Chemical and its concerted parties, with the related transactions amounting to 438 million yuan.
Senior EU officials: The foreign ministers of 27 EU countries will approve the 15th round of sanctions against Russia and new sanctions "against hybrid operations" on December 16th.Shanghai Shipping Exchange: The transportation demand of Persian Gulf routes remained high, and the market freight rate continued to rise this week. On December 13th, according to the news of Shanghai Shipping Exchange, this week, the export container transportation market in China was basically stable, and different routes were divided due to their different trends of supply and demand fundamentals, and the comprehensive index rose. On European routes, the growth of transportation demand is weak, the fundamentals of supply and demand lack further support, and the booking price in the spot market drops slightly. On the North American route, the transportation demand is generally stable, and the relationship between supply and demand is basically balanced. Major airlines push the freight rate up, and the spot market booking price rises sharply. On the Persian Gulf route, the transportation demand remained high, and the market freight rate continued to be supported by the local tension. This week, the market freight rate continued to rise. On the Australia-New Zealand route, the local demand for various materials showed signs of stabilization, the fundamentals of supply and demand improved, and the market freight rate stopped falling and rebounded. On the South American route, the transportation demand lacks the motivation for further growth, and the fundamentals of supply and demand weaken. This week, the spot market booking price dropped slightly.Gong Zheng, Mayor of Shanghai, investigates Shanghai Electric Group: If the growth point of emerging industries is identified, he will increase investment and cultivate growth. Gong Zheng, Deputy Secretary of Shanghai Municipal Committee and Mayor, pointed out in the investigation of Shanghai Electric Group today (13th) that Shanghai Electric bears the great mission of innovation and development of high-end equipment industry, and should further focus on its main business, make efforts to "strengthen the foundation and revitalize the new", make the energy level bigger and stretch the long board longer. Consolidating the foundation is to focus on consolidating the basic disk of high-end equipment manufacturing, enhance the initiative of transformation in advantageous areas, increase the intensity of transformation, and expand domestic and foreign markets. Promoting innovation is to focus on cultivating the growth point of emerging industries, increase investment when it is clear, cultivate and grow as soon as conditions are ripe, take the lead in seizing the commanding heights, and strive to break new paths and advance in promoting new industrialization and cultivating new quality productivity. (The Paper)
Putin signed a decree to extend the measures to counter the western oil price limit against Russia again. On December 13th, local time, according to the documents published on the Russian legal information portal, Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed an order to extend the special economic measures formulated because western countries impose price limits on Russian oil and petroleum products until June 30th, 2025. Since the law came into effect on February 1, 2023, the validity of the measures has been extended several times. The decree stipulates that if the contract directly or indirectly stipulates the price ceiling set by other countries, it is forbidden to export Russian petroleum and petroleum products according to the contract, and the signed ban applies to all supply stages before delivery to buyers. (CCTV News)Market news: Sam Altman, founder of OpenAI, will donate $1 million to the inauguration fund of President-elect Trump. According to reports, Altman plans to donate to the Presidential Inaugural Committee in his own name, instead of directly donating by OpenAI.State Financial Supervision and Administration: Actively guide banks and insurance institutions to reduce costs and increase efficiency, and broaden capital replenishment channels. On December 13, the Party Committee of the State Financial Supervision and Administration held a meeting to convey the spirit of studying the Central Economic Work Conference, and to study and deploy implementation measures in light of the requirements of the National Financial System Work Conference. The meeting called for promoting the high-quality development of the banking and insurance industry, actively guiding banking and insurance institutions to reduce costs and increase efficiency, broadening capital replenishment channels, and improving sustainable development capabilities. Promote high-level financial openness with higher standards and greater efforts, and attract more foreign financial institutions and long-term capital to set up businesses in China.
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