By Mundo Mar\u00edtimo - March 15, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Experts around the world are already warning: cargo flows will take new directions from Africa and Southeast Asia. The change in post-pandemic consumption patterns, added to the restrictions and sanctions resulting from the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, have strained trade relations between the West and China, where the Asian giant is losing the role it has enjoyed in the last three decades.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The trans-Pacific route would be the one that would suffer the most from this reconfiguration of international logistics, with the friend-shoring phenomenon, which refers to the preference to source from suppliers with value and political affinity, leaving behind relations with China, similar to what happened in Europe with the energy supply after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is not deglobalization<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n No, it is not about deglobalization as some alarmists mention, but about diversification. More routes, more calls and increased port activity in areas off the global map will present a new challenge for infrastructure and demand shaping. Precisely, the diversification of suppliers promotes development in nations that are not traditionally on the radar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The truth is that China is no longer the most profitable market. Wages are no longer the same as before, in addition to sanitary restrictions that have compromised reliability and competitiveness. \u201cIt is a natural movement that perhaps goes a little faster [than expected],\u201d says Rolf Habben-Jansen, CEO of Hapag-Lloyd in statements collected by ShippingWatch regarding the slow Chinese relocation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n