As the possibility of strike action at ports on the U.S. east and Gulf coasts draws nearer by the day, container shipping lines serving the region have begun to announce disruption surcharges.<\/p>\n
On September 1, MSC notified customers it would apply a $1,000 per 20ft and $1,500 per 40ft emergency operations surcharge (EOS) from October 1 (the date set for the strike to begin) on all shipments from Europe to the U.S. east and Gulf coasts, as well as to ports in the Caribbean, Mexico and Canada.<\/p>\n
That was followed by a CMA CGM advice that U.S. east and Gulf coast local port charges for import shipments of $1,500 per TEU would be applied from October 11, while export shipments would be subject to local port charges of $800 per 20ft and $1,000 per 40ft on the same date.<\/p>\n
The French carrier has also advised customers that it would apply a $500-per-TEU rate \u2018restoration initiative\u2019 on all transatlantic shipments from October 1.<\/p>\n
On September 19, Hapag-Lloyd became the latest carrier to announce a port strike surcharge, revealing it would apply a work disruption surcharge of $1,000 per TEU from October 18 on container shipments to the U.S. east and Gulf coasts.<\/p>\n