Chapter 219 Feng's Shipping Company one step ahead
The energy report submitted to Shengtianzi by the Energy Department of the Ministry of Commerce, which was formed by the merger of the Department of Industry and Mines and the Department of Petroleum, shows that according to the current situation, the coal production capacity in overseas territories and indigenous-controlled areas, including North America, will increase next year.
It will reach more than 50 million tons, initially meeting the empire's overseas coal needs!
This means that the empire's ships all over the world can directly obtain cheap coal replenishment in most overseas port areas. Coal that does not need to be burned as before is still transported from the mainland, which is extremely expensive.
The increase in coal production capacity and the decrease in price are first felt not by other industries, but by the transportation industry, especially the maritime transportation industry.
When the South China Mining Company announced that it would lower coal prices in many markets around the world, many large shipping companies in the empire, such as Feng's Shipping Company, Yangtze River Shipping Company, and Pacific Shipping Company, all took price reduction measures in unison.
Among them, Feng's Shipping Company was the most ruthless, and their freight quotation was directly reduced by more than 20%.
The world was once again shocked by the low-cost policy of Feng Shipping Company.
A one-time price reduction of 20% is not a small number.
To put it bluntly, if calculated based on the current freight turnover of Feng Shipping Company, it can directly reduce the turnover by more than 20%.
But what is very strange is that according to the business plan provided by the freight division of Feng Shipping Company, the turnover of the freight business in the next year will increase by at least 10%, and the growth rate of net profit will be even greater.
High, possibly around 16%.
Lowering prices will lead to greater turnover and higher net profits. This may sound like a fantasy, but it is actually the case.
“Due to the decline in freight costs, business exchanges between the mainland and overseas territories are booming. Especially in the next year, the amount of various agricultural products, specialty products, and primary mineral products imported from overseas territories to the mainland will increase.
Explosive growth, the figure released by Royal Bank Strategy Department is 26.8%."
"However, our Freight Affairs Department has conducted on-site research and examined a large number of research objects, and the conclusion we have reached is more optimistic than the figures released by the Royal Bank Strategy Department. We predict that this number will increase by 3% in the next year.
Fifteen or more, it is worth noting that this growth rate is not short-term, but will have a long and sustained rapid growth process!"
"It is also worth noting that the figures used in the import growth that the outside world focuses on are all in terms of value. However, we predict that the main imports of expanded goods in the future will be farms with relatively low value per ton, especially wheat and rice.
, corn and other grains will increase several times!”
"Affected by the positive economic development plan, major overseas territories are actively carrying out mechanized agricultural farming. It is expected that the grain output of overseas territories will show a blowout trend. At the same time, Datang Grain Corporation has announced the global grain transportation for the next three years.
Plan, plan to transport large amounts of surplus grain from overseas territories to the local market!"
"In addition to grain, the transportation volume of some rare mineral products, ordinary rich mineral products, etc. will also see a huge increase!"
"This will result in that although the overall domestic import value will only increase by about 35%, the actual imported tonnage will more than double!"
"And this number will increase even more next year and beyond!"
Having said that, the person in charge of the freight division of Feng Shipping Company said with a smile: "My colleagues, we are a shipping company, but no matter how much their goods are worth, we charge based on volume or weight. Transporting one ton is expensive. For us, the difference in freight charges is not big between transporting a ton of cheap gold and transporting a ton of cheap wheat!”
"In the next three or even five years, the ocean freight industry will experience explosive growth. Based on this, we have taken many measures such as lowering freight rates in advance and preparing a large number of 10,000-ton freighters in advance, just to survive in this freight market feast. Seize the opportunity!”
“And now it seems that the effect is quite significant!”
"Last month, we signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Datang Grain Corporation. According to this agreement, the two companies will conduct in-depth cooperation in the field of grain transportation!"
"At the same time, we have also signed cooperation agreements with many domestic mining companies and steel companies to build professional ore ships for them to transport ore!"
"In the second half of June, our first 10,000-ton ocean-going professional ore carrier converted from a bulk carrier will be put into operation!"
“In the future, our freight division will build professional transport ships for various industries based on the different needs of the freight market. In addition to ore transport ships, we will also invest in oil transport ships, grain transport ships, refrigerated transport ships, etc. professional field!"
“According to our predictions, in the future freight market, these special transportation areas will become one of the new business growth points!”
This freight business strategy report within Feng Shipping Company also reflects the current economic development direction of the Tang Empire to a certain extent.
Feng Shipping Company is like this. Although other shipping companies are a step slower, it is only a step slower.
The Yangtze River Shipping Company, which still occupies the leading position in domestic shipping, has also launched corresponding strategic planning.
Prepare for large-scale construction of large-tonnage cargo ships and special transportation fields.
The actions of these shipping companies directly led to a significant drop in maritime transportation costs.
When these transportation costs fall, more agricultural products will be transported back from overseas territories.
But another problem has arisen, that is, the import of more agricultural products from overseas has affected the income of some local farmers to a certain extent.
Farmers in the local Northeast, Central Asia and other regions have little influence. Their farming model is similar to that of overseas territories, with large-scale planting.
But for traditional farmers in eastern and central regions, it has had a certain impact.
Their per capita arable land is small, and although their grain output per mu is quite a lot, their per capita grain output is actually not very large.
Moreover, food income is the main income of local rural families in many places.
After harvesting the grain, they keep their own rations, and the rest will be sold to Datang Grain Corporation or other grain merchants in exchange for cash to buy fertilizers, farm tools, etc., and also to buy other daily necessities.
Although the grain price stabilization policy of Datang Grain Corporation is currently in place, even local grain prices are unlikely to fall, but this year's grain prices are the same as last year.