A few days ago, due to port congestion, some ports came to collect port congestion fees. Just now, shipping companies such as Hapag-Lloyd, CMA CGM and Maersk announced that they will charge more peak season surcharges in Asia.
Hapag-Lloyd
Hapag-Lloyd announced that the peak season surcharge (PSS) will be imposed from Northeast Asia (including China, China/Hong Kong, China/Macau and China/Taiwan) to Sydney, Australia, effective September 23.
The following new PSS will apply to all cargo:
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US$300/20’
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US$600/40’
From October 1, 2020, the freight rates for all cargo and all container types from East Asia to the East Coast of South America will be increased, as follows: US $700/Container 20' and 40' general-purpose containers from the Middle East and Pakistan to the Mediterranean and Northern Europe ( The new price of all goods (including high box):
The new customs tariff rate for all goods in all 20' and 40' general-purpose containers (including high containers in westbound trade from East Asia to Northern Europe and the Mediterranean).
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CMA CGM France CMA CGM will also implement new various freight (FAK) rates. Freight from Asia to North Africa and the Mediterranean will start from the date of loading at the port of origin until further notice, but not more than October 14.
CMA CGM has announced that it intends to increase the rate for transactions from Asia to Europe starting October 1. Various freight (FAK) will be reviewed on or before October 14. The new rates are as follows:
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Scope of production: from all Asian ports, including Japan, Southeast Asia and Bangladesh.
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Destination range: to all Nordic ports, including the United Kingdom and the entire range from Portugal to Finland/Estonia.
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Cargo: dry cargo, oversized cargo, empty container and reefer container cargo.
In addition, CMA CGM has extended its peak season surcharge of US $ 150 / TEU from October 1 to October 31.
The carrier stated that the surcharge will apply to all cargo from the same port in Asia, and the FAK rate will apply to all European ports.
Maersk
From September 15, 2020, Maersk will launch 40-foot reefer container PSS from China/Hong Kong/Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Indonesia, Philippines to ECSA South America East Coast country.
Finally, MSC announced a new fee from India and Pakistan to Europe, which will take effect on October 1st until further notice, but not later than October 31st.
