It is standard in shipping that the lines hesitate to the last second in executing (or not) their GRI. The Transatlantic GRI westbound announced for July 1st is not any better. Everybody waits for the others to go first and nobody does it yet, all keep on telling us that the ships are more than [...]
There is a whisper going along the coast that the P3 will be established on the Transatlantic! The permissions were given by the Europan and American authorities and rumors say that the carriers want to excute that, which makes a lot of sense!
OOCL is going along their policy of short term notices for changes and increases of rates. We were informed this morning that they will re- install the trucking congestion surcharge for the port of Hamburg, which in principle is understandable in view to the total chaos that Hamburg officials have created in and around Hamburg. [...]
Hanjin is informing the shipping community about the charges for the advance manifest and also the charges for manifest corrections. Pls find here below the details: The China Advance Manifest Charge at Hanjin will be USD 30, except for Hongkong, which will be at USD 0. Manifest Correction charge will be USD 40, again [...]
APL just announced the following GRI for the tradelane from Asia (including Australia, India Subcontinent, Middle East and Japan) to: North Europe – USD500/TEU with effect from 1st July 2014 Mediterranean, Black Sea, and North Egypt – USD500/TEU with effect from 1st July 2014
The Chinese authorities refused to give their permission to the planned P3 alliance of Maersk, MSC and CMA. This new alliance would have controlled estimated 43 percent of the container capacity between Asia and Europe, about 41 percent on the Transatlantic and 24 percent on the Transpacific. Will see, what will happen to the G6 [...]
Carriers came up with pretty big numbers as a GRI for July 1st on the Transatlantic westbound string. Now the first two lines extended the rates to end of September already. The voices that express doubt in the successful exectution of the GRI directly before the summer vacation get more and more. We will [...]
The attempts to increase Freight rates from Far East to Europe continue, MOL announces as follows: Effective from 14 July 2014 (Bill of Lading date) the below GRI level will become applicable: • USD 500 per TEU for cargo destined to Northern Europe (Including UK/Ireland, Scandinavia & Baltic) and the Mediterranean (East- and West [...]
The port of Norfolk seems to have a serious problem with a congestion. We hear that they are presently working on boxes that were landed in Norfolk beginning of May! The alleged reason is the construction work and a new computer system!
Today we received the numbers from OOCL for their GRI foreseen for July 1st, 2014: US$375/20’ and US$500/40’/45’ for Westbound dry cargo on all routes/loops offered from Europe to the United States East and Gulf Coast Ports, and Mexico. US$600/20’ and US$800/40’/45’ for Westbound dry cargo on all routes/loops offered from Europe to [...]
