15% rebate for box ships as Suez Canal Authority woos carriers
The Mediterranean container trades could be upended once more after the Suez Canal Authority today ...
Freight forwarders are “exasperated” by the latest surcharge added to their already sky-high bill by shipping lines.
It’s an “Emergency Space Surcharge”, levied by CMA CGM, of $200 per teu from 15 December from south eastern Indian ports to major destinations in Europe and Central and South America.
CMA CGM imposed a similar surcharge on 1 March for some routes out of north Europe.
But forwarders now say they have had enough.
“Forwarders do not like shipping line surcharges of whatever nature and, along ...
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