Recently, import and export sea freight rates have continued to hit the ceiling. With the arrival of the peak season in August and September, many shipping companies have announced a number of various surcharges, making sea freight rates even more expensive again.
1 Zim will charge congestion charges at destination ports
Zim Shipping Company recently issued a notice, 8. If you return the counter after 24:00 on the 14th, a destination port congestion fee of USD1,500 will be charged.
2 Maersk imposes Peak Season Surcharge (PSS)
Maersk will impose a peak season surcharge on all cargo from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Mongolia, Japan, North Korea and South Korea to the ports of Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane from August 16, 2021 ( PSS).
Fees:
USD 750 for all 20-foot containers;
All 40-foot containers are $1,500;
All 45-foot high containers are $1,500.
The specific notice is as follows:
In addition, Maersk’s comprehensive demurrage and demurrage for Singapore imports Port fees will be adjusted, effective from September 1, 2021.
Scope: from all over the world to Singapore
Surcharge: import comprehensive detention fee and port demurrage
Definition: Demurrage and port demurrage start from the unloading date (inclusive)
The specific notice is as follows:
3 CMA CGM raises overweight surcharge (OWS )
CMA CGM announced on August 4 that it will start from September 5 from Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, China, Hong Kong, China, Macau, China and India to South America. For coastal cargo, the overweight surcharge (OWS) will be increased.
According to the announcement, the increase range is: for every 20 feet of dry box, if the gross weight of the container is equal to or exceeds 18 tons, the increase will be USD 300.
4 MSC levies service interruption surcharge (SDS)
MSC issued an announcement saying that the current market situation is severe and transportation demand is growing. In addition, the strict measures taken by major ports around the world to fight the epidemic have led to an increase in yard density and a significant extension of ship waiting times, including from Asia to Global network operations, including routes in Northern Europe, have been severely affected.
It has been decided to impose service interruption surcharge (SDS) from August 15th. The applicable scope is all goods sent from Asia to Northwest Europe (NWC). The specific fee implementation standards will be notified separately. </p
