NYK informs as follows:   Quote In view of the prevailing heavy congestion faced in Manila port, operating vessels have been seriously delayed. In order to cover the additional cost of maintaining a regular service, NYK would like to implement   Origin Cost Recovery Surcharge at USD 100 per teu on all exports from Manila port     as [...]

More and more that carriers are passing on the additional costs that the truckers incurr in trying to get through the constant traffic chaos in Hamburg.   Pls keep that in mind, that surcharge is more or less Euro 50 per move, depending on the carrier and the trucker.    

We received the following annoucement from NYK on the dramatic trucking situation in and around Hamburg: quote NYK would like to announce an implementation of an emergency truck transport congestion surcharge effective from the 25th July 2014, applicable for all carriers’ haulage transports via Hamburg terminals. Quantum – EUR 50 per container We will closely monitor [...]

The numbers are a little different, but the game is the well known to all of us already: Quote on behalf of EVERGREEN LINE we want to inform you that we will implement a general rate increase for all shipments effective from August 01/2014 (shipped on board). Shipments from Far East / Indian Subcontinent to the European [...]

We have seen the numbers already, here comes the GRI announcement of APL:   Applicable from Asia (including Australia, India Subcontinent, Middle East and Japan) to:  North Europe – USD600/TEU with effect from 1st August 2014    Mediterranean, Black Sea, and North Egypt – USD600/TEU with effect from 1st August 2014

Hapag Lloyd informs as follows: quote Dear Customer, We have experienced a significant deterioration of the service level at the Hamburg Container Terminal Burchardkai (CTB) during the last 2 weeks. It was not possible to continuously offer free berth capacity for feeder vessels; turnaround times increased for truck operations; rail operations have been delayed and [...]

Hamburg Sued informs about a strike of the stevedores in Chile: We hereby inform you that Chilean stevedores are presently under strike since July 8th 2014. As a consequence, port activities including loading and discharge operations are suspended. This interruption is indefinite until an agreement with government authorities occurs. Current status of the main Chilean [...]

Today the following circular is spread by MSC in the market place: Quote For and on behalf of our principal MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A., Geneva, we like to inform you that MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. has announced a 10 year Vessel Sharing Agreement with Maersk Line that will cover the three main East-West [...]

  We got the following message from our colleagues in the USA about the terminal situation in Los Angeles/ Long Beach   Teamster pickets remained active at GGS/APL; TTI/Hanjin; and YTI/NYK during the 2nd-shift yesterday … due to the impact of missed 1st-shift working hours, productivity was significantly impacted across the LA-LB port complex – [...]

It is unbelievable that OOCL does not understand that the changes of rates, fees and charges needs a notice time so that quoatations and offers can be adjusted accordingly.   Today, 9.7.2014, we are informed as follows: Quote we would like to inform you about following tariff adaptation, effective July 10th, 2014 (rate date). Outbound [...]