HANJIN BLUES: A DIFFERENT OCEAN FREIGHT MARKET NOW?

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WE'RE A FEW BUSINESS DAYS PAST THE HANJIN BANKRUPTCY AND THE SHIPPING MARKET HAS CHANGED 180'. THE RAMIFICATIONS EXTEND FAR BEYOND THE DRY LEGAL NEGOTIATIONS OF THE COURTROOM.

WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT DRASTICALLY REDUCED

RETAIL INVENTORIES FOR THE CHRISTMAS SEASON

WHICH AFFECT THE AMOUNT OF RETAIL SALES HIRING,

AND SUBSEQUENT CORPORATE PROFITS.

SOUTH KOREA IS EQUALLY AFFECTED, AS THE THOUSANDS

OF CONTAINERS CARRYING (NOT

NOW!) ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS FROM

SAMSUNG AND LG WILL AFFECT THE

COUNTRY'S TRADE BALANCE AND

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES.

THREE HANJIN SHIPS ARE REPORTED ARRESTED, PUTTING FORWARDERS, MANUFACTURERS, AND TRADERS AT RISK FOR THEIR CARGOES, WHILE 36-51% SPIKES IN OCEAN FREIGHT PROMISE RECORD LOSSES ONCE THEIR CONTAINERS ARE LOCATED, RELEASED, AND EVENTUALLY RE-SHIPPED.

THESE ARE SERIOUS ISSUES. WITH 540,000+ TEU'S WORTH OF CARGO EITHER SHIPPED OR LOADED-TO-BE-SHIPPED FOR THE UPCOMING CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY SEASON, RETAILERS WHO STOCK KOREAN, CHINESE, OR PRODUCTS OF ANY COUNTRY SERVICED BY THE CKHYE ALLIANCE OF WHICH HANJIN WAS A MEMBER AND WHO MIGHT BE CARRYING HANJIN BOXES, NO ONE KNOWS WHEN THESE BOXES MIGHT BE RELEASED TO THE CONSIGNEES.

NOT A SURPRISING DEMISE

THE DEMISE OF A MAJOR CARRIER WAS NO SURPRISE; THREE YEARS OF DROPPING OCEAN FREIGHT RATES RESULTED IN LOSSES ESTIMATED IN THE $ 16 BILLION RANGE; WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE CARRIERS OFFERING FINANCIAL RESULTS.

THE CARRIERS ALSO BEAR SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR HANJIN'S DEMISE. WHILE MAERSK'S TRIPLE WAS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN THE EVOLUTION OF CONTAINER SHIPS, MAERSK HAD BOTH THE CUSTOMERS AND THE FINANCING TO MAKE THEM FINANCIALLY VIABLE.

LET'S NOT FORGET HANJIN LEASED THE MAJORITY OF THEIR CONTAINERS, SO THE LIKELIHOOD IS THAT TRITON, TEXTAINER, TAL, AND OTHERS; AS HANJIN DEFAULTED ON ITS VESSEL CONTRACTS (US $ 18.6 MILLION-SEASPAN); THE LIKELIHOOD IS THE DEBT FOR THESE CONTAINERS WILL BE LITIGATED BEFORE THE CONTAINERS – AND THEIR CARGOES – ARE RELEASED.

FOR ALL THIS TO HAPPEN IN A WORLD ECONOMY AS THINLY-BALANCED AS TODAY'S, THESE CONSEQUENCES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE CATASTROPHIC. LET'S SEE HOW THINGS UNFOLD.

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