Seems that Rotterdam still has problems, pls see here below:   Quote Please be informed that due to ongoing port congestion at Rotterdam, Antwerp ad hoc call will be extended for 3 additional sailings. The port rotation will remain unchanged, with the exception of the ad hoc Antwerp call, replacing current Rotterdam call.   Ningbo/ Shanghai/ Yantian/ [...]

The roller coaster drive goes on. Rates change constantly and now APL pushes them back up.   Here the details:   quote We wish to inform you that APL will be implementing a rate restoration as follows: Applicable from Asia (excludes Japan, Australia/includes India Subcontinent, Middle East) to:    North Europe – USD800/TEU with [...]

 Please read here the details:   Quote For and on behalf of our principal MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A., Geneva, we like to inform you that due to increased intermodal overweight shipments MSC is obliged to re-align its TRI-AXLE surcharge to a quantum of US$ 300,-/20’ (effective B/L date 06.09.2014) in order to cover increased [...]

We hope that this will be the last publishing here that is a little late. We should have caught up by now! Sorry for the delay:   The headline says it all, OOCL pushes the freights up while the ships are full:   Quote   In view of the on-going high demand for space on [...]

Being late on some of these publishings, we continue with the MSC late one: Quote   For and on behalf of our principal MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A., Geneva, we like to inform you that the water levels of St. Laurent river are dropping significantly. As a consequence MSC is implementing a Low Water Surcharge (LWS) [...]

We are late publishing it here, but we finally get to it.   Quote Effective August 1st, 2014, CMA CGM will implement the following Low Water Surcharge (LWS) for all cargo from North Europe to Canada on board of St Laurent service: Size               Type           [...]

Here the announcement, not quite the newest, but still valid:   Quote Congestion surcharge at destination : Manila Due to severe congestion at the port of Manila, MOL will be implementing a congestion surcharge of USD100/TEU  effective   1 August 2014(Bill of Lading date)   • Export cargo ex Europe and the Mediterranean to Manila This surcharge [...]

MSC presently changes the service contracts to delete the present CUC of USD 60 and changes the wording to  "CUC as per tariff".   The new CUC will be as follows:   Quote For and on behalf of our principal MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A., Geneva, we like to inform you about the increase of the [...]

We are reading today:   Quote The AX1 service is currently heavily delayed due to berth congestion in Rotterdam, Hamburg and New York and consequently off-window calls in all service ports. We are currently discussing actions to remedy this situation and will inform you about the corrective measures within short. For the time being pls consult your [...]

Following news from CMA- CGM:   Quote Special Equipment Additional Charge –  Precarriage or Oncarriage Dear Valued Customer, Effective September 1, 2014, unless otherwise specified, CMA CGM will implement a special equipment additional (Precarriage or Oncarriage) which shall apply to all shipments moving to or from inland points within the U.S. via single or combined [...]