More shipper pain on the way as carriers levy new peak season surcharges
Ocean carriers have continued their flurry of surcharge and rate increase announcements, which “continue to ...
By Mike Wackett
Maersk says it expects to see “early signs of a pre-Chinese New Year rush in December”, and is advising customers to plan their supply chains “well ahead”.
It also notes that inventory levels in Europe and the US are at their lowest on record and that, ...
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Stuart McLean
October 03, 2021 at 8:03 amHow stupid is this article.will Maersk tell us how to plan ahead ? We have clients that plan ahead one in particular plans 10FEUper week every week 52 weeks a year Maersk ship them they offload at a Malaysian port and connects with the next sailing where client has 10 containers on this vessel which are not offloaded on arrival Felixstowe the client has 20containers arriving on same vessel and as client can only take 2contr a day pays demurrage on 10 x40ft without any help from MAersk on DD Carriers are all same DD is a source of additional income. Greedy companies .