Hua Tai Qi Huo·2025-06-17 03:11Report Summary 1. Report Industry Investment Rating No information provided in the given content. 2. Core Viewpoints of the Report - The supply and demand of the US routes have both increased, and the freight rates from the US East and West have declined from their highs and may have peaked. The European routes have a price increase expectation in August, and attention should be paid to the actual implementation of the price increase in July and the peak - time and downward slope of the freight rates in 2025 [3][6]. - The geopolitical situation between Israel and Iran may affect the shipping market, but the direct impact on container transportation is relatively small [2][5][6]. - The current strategy suggestions are that the main contract fluctuates in the single - side operation, and in the arbitrage operation, go long on the 08 contract and short on the 10 contract, go long on the 12 contract and short on the 10 contract [8]. 3. Summary by Relevant Catalogs I. Market Analysis - European Routes: Multiple shipping companies have announced price increase letters for the second half of June, and some have reported shipping schedules for July. For example, HPL, CMA, and ONE have reported July shipping schedules. The MSC's price increase letter for the second half of June is 2340/3900 (previous price increase letter in the first half of June was 1920/3200) [1]. - US Routes: The demand for the China - US routes has increased rapidly due to the reduction of Sino - US tariffs. The freight rates have risen sharply due to the supply - demand mismatch. Currently, carriers are actively restoring capacity. The weekly average capacity of the Shanghai - US East and West routes in the remaining two weeks of June is 321,000 TEU, 243,400 TEU in May, and 350,000 TEU in July. The freight rates in the US East and West have increased significantly in June, but there are signs of decline recently [3]. II. Geopolitical Situation Iran has sent signals to end hostilities and resume nuclear - related negotiations. It is willing to return to the negotiation table as long as the US does not join the air strikes. However, Israel has little incentive to stop attacking before further weakening Iran's nuclear facilities [2]. III. Container Ship Capacity Supply - The capacity pressure on the European routes in June has decreased. The weekly average capacity of the Shanghai - European routes in the remaining two weeks of June is about 236,500 TEU. The weekly average capacity in July is 279,400 TEU, and there are currently 5 blank sailings in July and 1 in August [4]. - 2025 is still a big year for container ship deliveries. As of June 15, 2025, 126 container ships have been delivered, with a total capacity of 1.004 million TEU [7]. IV. Futures and Spot Prices - Futures Prices: As of June 16, 2025, the total open interest of all contracts of the container shipping index for European routes is 91,123 lots, and the single - day trading volume is 88,628 lots. The closing prices of different contracts vary, such as 1453.60 for the EC2602 contract and 1934.30 for the EC2506 contract [7]. - Spot Prices: The SCFI (Shanghai - US West) freight rate is currently 4120 US dollars/FEU (the lowest this year was 1965 US dollars/FEU), and the SCFI (Shanghai - US East) freight rate is 6745 US dollars/FEU (the lowest this year was 2866 US dollars/FEU). The SCFIS (Shanghai - Europe) on June 16 was 1697.63 points [3][7]. V. Strategy - Single - side: The main contract fluctuates. - Arbitrage: Go long on the 08 contract and short on the 10 contract, go long on the 12 contract and short on the 10 contract [8].