The shipping company has charged the US-Canada line "value-added fee", 20'GP 4000, 40'HQ 5000 US dollars, starting on August 15th!

With the arrival of the peak season and continued congestion in major ports around the world, after August, major shipping companies will began to collect congestion port charges and various additional value-added surcharges.

Hapag-Lloyd: Value-added fees will be levied on August 15

The world's fifth largest container liner company and German shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd recently announced that it would impose Value Added Surcharge (VAD) on goods exported from China to the United States and Canada.

The surcharge will take effect on August 15, 2021, and will be collected at destinations in the United States and Canada.

The margin is that all 20'GP will be charged an additional $4,000, and 40'HQ will be charged an additional $5,000.

Regarding the value-added fees of the "innovative" charging items launched this time, Hapag-Lloyd's official reason is that "due to the continuous and unexpectedly strong export demand from China and the operational challenges that it brings to the global supply chain" !

MSC: From September, goods exported to the U.S. and Canada will be subject to port congestion fees!

Due to the Canadian wildfires and the supply of railway vehicles, Vancouver’s port terminals are overcrowded and limited in operating capacity.

In an email previously sent by Hapag-Lloyd to customers, the damage to the railway caused delays in vessel berths at the Port of Vancouver. It is expected that there will be a delay of 72 hours to 96 hours, and there will be a large backlog.

A few days ago, Hapag-Lloyd issued another notice that railway operations in the wildfire area of British Columbia were suspended. As new wildfires spanned two railroads 6 miles east of Lytton, the CNR and CPR trunk lines were closed again.

With the already tight global shipping supply chain, rail disruptions have put the Port of Vancouver under pressure from a surge in container volumes.

Last Friday, MSC issued an announcement stating: For goods exported from the ports of southern China and Hong Kong to the United States and Canada, our company will levy a port plug fee, as follows:

USD 800/20DV；USD 1000/40DV；

USD 1125/40HC；USD 1266/45’

Effective date: September 1, 2021 (unloading date at the port of destination), applicable to all quotations and containers.

Matson: The port congestion charge will be increased from August 5th!

Matson Steamship announced last week that it will again increase the port congestion charge of US$2,000 per container to the US West Port from August 5.

This is already the third step of the port congestion charge that began to increase on June 10th. After three port congestion charges are superimposed, the 45feet container is as high as 5697 US dollars!

ZIM: Starting from August, congestion charges and delivery charges will be collected at the port of destination!

Recently, ZIM shipping company also issued a notice that due to congestion in the United States, terminal congestion fees and delivery fees will be imposed, which will take effect on August 1.

In addition, Hapag-Lloyd Containers also announced that from the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East, Pakistan to the Nordic countries and the Mediterranean, it will increase the ocean freight rates for 20' and 40' general-purpose containers, including high-cubic containers.