Gemini carriers cut back loading allocations on challenging southern India trade
Southern India’s ocean trade continues to be a challenging market for both Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, ...
With just a week before an increasingly probable US east and Gulf coast port strike, carriers have been laying out contingency plans, including pre-emptively halting inland cargo movement and congestion-related surcharges.
Maersk said it would implement a ‘local port disruption surcharge’ for all cargo moving to and from the US east and Gulf coast terminals from 21 October, “depending on the impact of the disruption to the supply chain”, of $1,500 per teu and $3,000 per feu.
“This surcharge is necessary to ...
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