The lack  of cargo in winter is a problem that pops up every year. Carriers try to find solutions as we see here in the NYK circular   Quote   G6 will be implementing below blank sailing for schedule recovery purpose. The affected vessels and schedule details are as follows: Blank Sailing in [...]

  CMA circulates the following revision their intermodal surcharge filing:   Quote   Dear Valued Customer, As you may be well aware, the overall intermodal situation in North America has steadily deteriorated over the last several months. The overall operational environment is stressed across all modes of intermodal, especially local trucking.     While we [...]

  MOL circulates the following notice:   Quote   Please be advised that, effective 01 December, 2014, MOL will implement an Intermodal Door Delivery Surcharge for all cargo shipped on store-door-delivery basis from Europe, West Africa and South Africa to the United States.   The surcharge is due to unexpected increases in the cost of inland transport [...]

  Hamburg Sued just informed us about their schedule around Christmas:   Quote   Schedule adjustments SAEC Dear valued Customer, due to upcoming Christmas / new years season Hamburg Süd has decided to set up an idling program.   Following vessels are affected:   SAEC1: CAP SAN AUGUSTIN to be kept idle in Buenos Aires [...]

  It started as a GRI of USD 150 per TEU effective October 1st, was then reduced to USD 100 per TEU and delayed to November 1st. Now it is postponed again at USD 100 per TEU effective December 1st... Will see, if it will happen.    

  NYK also announces further details on the low sulphur surcharge to come:   Quote   In addition to the general announcement released by NYK Line on the captioned subject, we would like to advise you for the surcharge application details of Asia-Europe trade, Westbound and Eastbound as follows.   Below underlined items are the revised portion [...]

  Hamburg Sued circulates the following information:   Quote   Commencing January 1st 2015, all ships and ocean carriers operating within Emission Control Areas (ECA) in the Baltic Sea, North Sea, English Channel, and the Coasts of Canada and USA, will be required to utilize fuel with significantly lower sulphur content. This binding requirement is set out [...]

    CMA infomed us that the low water surcharge to Canada will be waived as of November 15th.

    We understand that Hapag will waive the low water surcharge as of November 11th.    

  Seems that there is enough water in the St Lawrence river or the Low Water Surcharge cannot be maintained as being true anymore....:   Quote   For and on behalf of our principal MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A., Geneva, we like to inform you that the water level of the St. Lawrence River improved, consequently [...]