The largest shipping lines of the world have announced new charges in the European and East Asian regions in December and into next year.
Maersk has announced a new peak season surcharge (PSS) for reefer commodities from Far East Asia to North and South European countries. The surcharge will be US$1,000/20′ reefer box, US$1,500/40′ reefer container and will take effect from 15 December, apart from Taiwan, where the PSS will be effective from 1 January 2021.
On the same date, Maersk’s 2M Alliance partner, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) will apply the following freight of all kinds (FAK) rates from Europe to Canada and Mexico.
- Carrier Security Fee (CSF): US$11/container
- Equipment Imbalance Surcharge (EBS) when applicable: US$500/reefer container, US$100/TEU per dry container
Additionally, MSC has already applied a PSS of US$500/20′ and US$750/40′ to all dry cargo from the United Kingdom, Ireland, North Spain, Portugal and ScanBaltic to the Far East from 1 December.
Furthermore, the Swiss-based carrier has implemented the following rate adjustments from 1 December 2020 until further notice but not beyond 31 December 2020.
Moreover, CMA CGM, the third-largest container shipping company in the world, has introduced fresh FAK rates from North Europe to Canada, Mexico East Coast, US East & West Coast and Gulf, effective from the beginning of the new year.
- Cargo: dry, reefer, tank and special equipment
- Cargo: dry, reefer, tank & special equipment
- Cargo: all types
- USEC, US Gulf and USWC include New York, Norfolk, Savannah, Charleston, Houston, Miami, New Orleans and Oakland.
The Marseille-based carrier will also implement the following FAK rates from 1 January for dry, reefer, open top, flat rack and shipper owned container (SOC).
Furthermore, Hapag-Lloyd has unveiled new General Rate Increases (GRI) from South and North East Asia to Australia for all dry, reefer, non-operating reefer, tank, flat rack and open-top containers, effective from 1 January.
South East Asia to Australia
- US$150/20’
- US$300/40’
North East Asia to Australia
- US$300/20’
- US$600/40’
South East Asia comprises Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, while North East Asia comprises Korea, China, China/Hong Kong, China/Macau and China/Taiwan.
Another Hapag-Lloyd’s GRI of US$550/ container will be applied from East Asia to South America East Coast with effect from 7 December for all cargoes and all container types.
In the meantime, Hapag-Lloyd has announced it will postpone the implementation of the 1 December GRI in the eastbound trade from East Asia to all United States and Canada destinations. The new effective date of this GRI will be 1 January 2021.
This General Rate Increase will apply for all dry, reefer, non-operating reefer, tank, flat rack and open-top containers as follows:
East Asia to North America (USA and Canada)
- US$960 per 20′
- US$1200 per 40′
East Asia is defined as being the countries/districts of Japan, Republic of Korea, China/Taiwan, China/Hong Kong, China (PRC), China/Macau, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, The Philippines and Russian Pacific Coast Provinces, according to Hapag-Lloyd.
Last but not least, the German carrier will introduce new ocean tariff rates from South and North Europe to various destinations from the start of 2021.
- Spain, Portugal and Italy are excluded from the Mediterranean origins
