Maersk to increase rates throughout service network from mid-October

DANISH shipping giant Maersk Line will apply a range of rate increases throughout its container service network from mid-October, plus applying dangerous cargo demurrage at St Petersburg.

The general rate increase from the Mediterranean to the Far East will be US$150 per container from November 1 excluding Syria. From Mediterranean to Syria will be $129 per container.

From the Far East to Central America and the Caribbean, rates will be $560 per TEU, and $800 per FEU from October 15 for cargo from Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia to Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Venezuela, Trinidad, Tobago and Panama.

From China and Taiwan to Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Panama, Santa Marta (Magdalena, Colombia), Cartagena (Colombia) and Barranquilla (Colombia), the rates increases will be US$560 per TEU and $800 per FEU from October 17.

Surcharges will apply to cargo bound for St Petersburg on dangerous goods as demurrage tariff rates as set by the UN's International Maritime Organisation (IMO) at the following rate: US$12 per TEU and $24 per FEU per day, rising to $425 per day per TEU per day, and $500 per day per FEU per day from the ninth to 20th day, and up to $457 per day per TEU and $600 per day per FEU per day every day thereafter.

Reefer demurrage rates for dangerous cargo at St Petersburg will be $485 per day per container for the first seven days, $763 per day per container per day from the eighth to the 14th day and $1,100 per day per container thereafter.