General

Recently, export ocean freight has been hitting the ceiling continuously. With the advent of the peak season in August and September, many shipping companies are still considering raising prices and charging various surcharges.

Starting from August 1st, Star Shipping will begin to charge the destination port congestion charge, and the Hapag-Lloyd feature charges the peak season surcharge;

From August 5, Mason Lines will increase the collection of port congestion charges;

Starting from August 15th, Hapag-Lloyd's characteristic will receive USD 5000/box value-added surcharge;

From September 1st, MSC will levy a port congestion fee for the U.S.-Canada line...

Facing the current state of the container shipping market, with the arrival of the peak season from August, more and more shipping companies will follow suit and join the tide of price increases. Existing charging items can no longer satisfy the shipping company's fierce price increase impulse, and various fees will be levied: port plugging fee, fuel surcharge, value-added surcharge, peak season surcharge, insurance fee, container insurance fee, etc. , There are many names, wait and see...

Hapag-Lloyd

From August 1st, the surcharge will be levied until the peak season in Australia

Hapag-Lloyd recently issued an announcement to introduce a new peak season surcharge (PSS) for all cargo from China, Macau, China and Hong Kong, China to Australia. The surcharge will take effect on August 1, 2021.

Container type: all dry cargo, refrigerated, non-operating refrigerated, tank, flat rack and open top containers

Container size 20': USD 500 for all container types

Container size 40': USD 1,000 for all container types

Hapag-Lloyd

From August 1st, it will be levied to the Red Sea and Arabian Gulf HLC

Hapag-Lloyd recently announced that it will adjust the payload charge (HLC) from China (including Hong Kong and Macau) to the Arabian Gulf and the Red Sea, with a gross weight of more than 15 tons per 20-foot container of US$150. This fee will apply to all voyages starting on August 1, 2021, and will be valid until further notice.

Details of HLC:

USD 150 per 20-foot container with a gross weight of more than 15 tons

The geographic scope of HLC is as follows:

Arabian Gulf: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates

Red Sea: Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Yemen.

Hapag-Lloyd

From August 15th, levy

US$5,000/box value-added surcharge VAD

Hapag-Lloyd announced a few days ago that due to the continued extraordinary demand from China and the resulting supply chain operational challenges, Hapag-Lloyd will implement value-added surcharges (VAD) on all cargo transportation in accordance with the regular FAK guidelines.

This surcharge will not affect any medium-term or long-term contracts, and is intended to replace some other temporary surcharges, such as SGF (delivery guarantee fee).

The VAD surcharge will take effect on August 15, 2021, and will be paid by collection at destinations in the United States and Canada. The amount is as follows:

China to North America (U.S. and Canada)

USD 4000 for all 20' types of containers

USD 5000 for all 40' types of containers

The specific notice is as follows:

Hapag-Lloyd

Starting from August 1st, misdeclaration and abuse of contracts will be fined USD 1,250 per container

Hapag-Lloyd issued a notice a few days ago, after it confirmed the booking, Hapag-Lloyd will impose a fine of 1,250 U.S. dollars per container for misdeclaration of goods and abuse of the contract.

Penalties apply but are not limited to the following situations:

Misdeclared goods and any bill of lading information that is inconsistent with the Hapag-Lloyd contract agreement;

Discovered abuse of contract, deviation of cargo and bill of lading information from the contract agreement with Hapag-Lloyd and/or contract rate applied to unrelated accounts without Hapag-Lloyd’s prior consent;

The difference between the weight of the cargo declared at the time of booking and the weight of the cargo declared by the VGM submitted by the VGM deadline.

The specific notice is as follows:

Latest update notification:

Prior notice

Maersk

Impose Tunisian Port Congestion Charge

Maersk informed its customers that the severe congestion of Tunisian terminals and container yards continues to severely restrict the supply chain. In the past few weeks, every effort has been made to deliver the goods while managing the current situation as much as possible. However, it still faces a significant increase in overall operating costs, for which a congestion charge will be imposed.

MSC

From September 1st, the US-Canada line port congestion fee will be levied

For cargo exported from ports in South China and Hong Kong to the United States and Canada, Mediterranean Shipping will levy a port plug fee.

For goods exported from ports in South China and Hong Kong to the United States and Canada, the port plug fee is as follows:

USD 800/20DV

USD 1000/40DV

USD 1125/40HC

USD 1266/45’

Effective date: September 1, 2021 (the date of unloading at the port of destination) Note: The above surcharges will take effect from the date of unloading the cargo at the port of destination on September 1, and apply to all quotations and container types.

Maison Steamship

From August 5 onwards, additional congestion charges will be added to the US West Port

On August 5, Mason Shipping began to increase the port congestion fee of US$2,000 per container again at the US West Port. This is already the third step of the port congestion surcharge that began to increase on June 10. After the three port congestion charges have been superimposed, 45 of them The foot cabinet is up to 5697 US dollars!

Starship

On August 1, the congestion charge and delivery charge of the destination port will be levied

Due to the continued congestion in the United States, starting from August 1st, the ship will collect congestion surcharges and delivery fees at the port of destination.

Sino-foreign shipping

From August 27th, adjust the CIC of Japan routes

Sinotrans Container Lines has decided to adjust the Shanghai Export Container Imbalance Surcharge CIC for cargo on Japan routes starting from the voyage on August 27. The specific notice is as follows:

In addition, Hapag-Lloyd Containers recently announced that from the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East, Pakistan to the Nordic countries and the Mediterranean, it will increase the ocean freight rates for 20' and 40' general-purpose containers, including high containers.