Starting from August 5, Matson will increase the port congestion fee again!
Mason Lines announced last week that it will increase port congestion charges by US$2,000 per container at ports in the West Coast starting from August 5. This is already June. The third step of port congestion charges started on the 10th. After the three port congestion charges were superimposed, the 45-foot container was as high as US$5,697!
StartingfromSeptember1st,MSCwillstartchargingportcongestionfees!
Starting from August 1st, Zim will begin charging destination port congestion fees and delivery fees!
Inaddition,Hapag-LloydContainerCompanyrecentlyannouncedthatitwillincreaseoceanfreightratesfor20’and40’general-purposecontainers,includinghigh-cubecontainers,fromtheIndiansubcontinent,theMiddleEast,andPakistantoNorthernEuropeandtheMediterranean.
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