News / Indian shippers face new cost hike with heavyweight container surcharges

27/07/2022

Major container lines have revived the prospect of hefty surcharges on heavy containers shipped from India to the US and Canada, heaping further costs on the country’s exporters.

CMA CGM is the latest carrier to apply the additional levy, announcing a $1,000 per box penalty for ...

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Hans-Henrik Nielsen
July 31, 2022 at 8:52 am
I am perplexed about the reference to disruptions at the port of Colombo !

Whereas it’s undisputed the Sri Lankan political situation is changing, we have not seen any (or very few) disruptions in terminal operations in Colombo.

We have 3 different services each week in/out of Colombo. The terminals and our local agents (GAC) are doing an excellent job in keeping cargo movements flowing without any disruptions. Our boxes are moving.

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