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Maersk implements Panama Canal surcharge

The Panama Canal Authority has announced new fees to protect the water environment and maintain services and reliability of the canal passage. Maersk says that, as a result of those fees being levied, it will introduce a Panama Canal surcharge (PCC) for all cargo transiting through the Panama Canal, effective from 1 April 2020.

The tariff levels are US$30 per container (both DRY and REEF) defined as follows:

TO/FROM Europe
Dry and Reefer: Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia (only COBUN), Costa Rica (only CRCAL), Nicaragua, Gua-temala (only. GTTGZ) and Mexico (only. MXLZO and MXLZC)

TO/FROM Africa
Dry and Reefer: Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia (only COBUN), Costa Rica (only CRCAL), Nicaragua, Gua-temala (only. GTTGZ) and Mexico (only. MXLZO and MXLZC)

TO/FROM Oceania
Dry/Reef: Cuba, Dominican Rep, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Jamaica, Guyana, Suriname, Colombia, Aruba, Cura-cao, Trinidad and Tobago (excl. COBUN), Venezuela, Costa Rica (Only. CRCAL), Honduras and and Mexi-co (only. MXALT and MXVER)

CAM to FEA
DRY: Cuba, Venezuela, Mexico (only MXALT, MXVER), Guatemala (only GTSDC) Reefer: Cuba, Dominican Rep, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Jamaica, Guyana, Suriname, Aruba, Curacao, Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia (excl. COBUN), Venezuela, Costa Rica (Only. CRMOI), Guatemala (GTSDC only) and Mexico (only. MXALT and MXVER)

FEA to CAM
Dry and Reefer: Cuba, Dominican Rep, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Jamaica, Guyana, Suriname, Aruba, Curacao, Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia (excl. COBUN), Venezuela, Costa Rica (Only. CRMOI), Guatemala (GTSDC only) and Mexico (only. MXALT and MXVER)

USEC to/from ASIA
DRY & REEF: Corridors crossing the Canal





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