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Hapag-Lloyd extends Rotterdam congestion fee to all barge services
HAPAG-LLOYD is introducing a congestion surcharge of US$27 per TEU for all cargo using barge services with immediate effect at the Port of Rotterdam after already levying congestion fees.
The carrier, which imposed a $75 per TEU surcharge on cargo to and from the port on third-party feeder vessels, will apply the $27 per TEU charge on boxes arriving and departing on barges, reports Lloyd's List.
The additional surcharge will be implemented on US and Canadian shipments from September 13, and on Chinese-related shipments from September 1.
In notice to trade, the German carrier said it the surcharge applied "due to an on-going congested port situation affecting normal operations as well as the complete service perform at Rotterdam."
Earlier this month, the Hamburg-based shipping line also switched its Rotterdam call from its four-ship Europe-Asia Loop 4 service in the G6 alliance, to Antwerp in response to the delays.
The flow of cargo in Rotterdam, Europe's busiest box port, has been severely disrupted for weeks while upgrades to the ECT Delta Terminal continue.
Operations have been hampered further by larger vessels arriving out of sync from their scheduled timetable.
The delays have also prompted barge operator Contargo and feeder operator Team Lines to introduce their own $75 surcharge on vessels arriving and departing from both the ECT Delta and ECT Euromax terminals.
Hapag-Lloyd reported a first-half loss of $232 million after container shipping rates failed to recover during the second quarter.
The carrier, which imposed a $75 per TEU surcharge on cargo to and from the port on third-party feeder vessels, will apply the $27 per TEU charge on boxes arriving and departing on barges, reports Lloyd's List.
The additional surcharge will be implemented on US and Canadian shipments from September 13, and on Chinese-related shipments from September 1.
In notice to trade, the German carrier said it the surcharge applied "due to an on-going congested port situation affecting normal operations as well as the complete service perform at Rotterdam."
Earlier this month, the Hamburg-based shipping line also switched its Rotterdam call from its four-ship Europe-Asia Loop 4 service in the G6 alliance, to Antwerp in response to the delays.
The flow of cargo in Rotterdam, Europe's busiest box port, has been severely disrupted for weeks while upgrades to the ECT Delta Terminal continue.
Operations have been hampered further by larger vessels arriving out of sync from their scheduled timetable.
The delays have also prompted barge operator Contargo and feeder operator Team Lines to introduce their own $75 surcharge on vessels arriving and departing from both the ECT Delta and ECT Euromax terminals.
Hapag-Lloyd reported a first-half loss of $232 million after container shipping rates failed to recover during the second quarter.
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