Due to the impact of the Canadian wildfires and rolling stock supply, Vancouver’s port terminals are overcrowded and operating capacity is limited. Hapag-Lloyd previously said in an email to customers that rail damage was causing delays at ship berths at the Port of Vancouver. Delays of 72 hours to 96 hours are expected, with significant backlogs.
A few days ago, Hapag-Lloyd issued another notice to suspend railway operations in wildfire areas in British Columbia. The CNR and CPR main lines are closed again due to a new wildfire spanning two railroad tracks 6 miles east of Lytton.
Amid the already tight global shipping supply chain, rail disruptions have put the Port of Vancouver under pressure from a surge in container volumes .
For goods exported from ports in South China and Hong Kong to the United States and Canada, our company will impose port congestion fees, as follows: USD 800 /20DVUSD 1000/40DVUSD 1125/40HC
USD 1266/45′
Effective date: September 1, 2021 (Purpose Port unloading day)
Note: The above surcharges will take effect from the port of destination of the goods on September 1, and are applicable to all quotations and container types
Starting from August 5th, Matson will increase the port congestion fee again!
Mason Lines announced last week that it will increase the port congestion fee for ports in the West US by US$2,000 per container starting from August 5th, and this has already started to increase on June 10th. The third step of port congestion charges. After the three port congestion charges are added up, the 45-foot container is as high as US$5,697!
Starting from August 1, Zim will begin charging destination port congestion fees and delivery fees!
In addition, Hapag-Lloyd Container Company recently announced that it will increase sea freight rates for 20′ and 40′ general containers from the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East, Pakistan to Northern Europe and the Mediterranean, including High cubic container.
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