German ocean carrier Hapag-Lloyd said it is raising rates from all parts of Asia, including the Indian Subcontinent, to Canada beginning March 15.

The increases are $320 per 20-foot container, $400 per 40-foot container and $450 per 40-foot high cube container to Vancouvery; and $400 per 20-foot container, $500 per 40-foot container and $565 per 40-foot high-cube container on all intermodal and all-water East Coast shipments.

The increases apply to dry and reefer cargo from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, Philippines, the Russian Pacific ports of Vladivostok and Vostochny, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives.

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• COSCO Announces Asia-US High Season Surcharge

     COSCO Container Lines said it would implement a peak season surcharge for all cargo from the Far East and Indian Subcontinent to United States, effective Sept. 15 through April 30. The surcharge is $320 per 20-foot box, $400 per 40-foot box, $450 per 40-foot high-cube box, and $506 per 45-foot box. The

• WCSA lines to raise interest rates entire 10

     Member lines of the West Coast South America Discussion Agreement have agreed on four staggered rate increases of $350 per 20-foot container and $500 per 40-foot container over the next year for southbound shipments from the U.S. East and Gulf coasts. The rate increases are to take effect Jan.

• OOCL Trans-Pacific hikes prices

     OOCL will implement a general rate increase for all dry and reefer cargoes leaving Hong Kong, Macau and South China for shipment to Canada. Based on cargo receiving date, the GRI will take effect March 15. The increases for cargo going to Torontoy or Montrealy will be $400 per 20-foot container,

• NYK walks Transatlantic Rates

     NYK Line joined a growing parade of carriers raising rates on trans-Atlantic lanes announcing price increases effective Dec.

• OOCL China-Australia hikes rates

     OOCL took the container liner industry’s ‘rate restoration’ drive to China-Australia trade lanes, announcing increases on shipments from Hong Kong, Macau and South China to Australia. Effective from shipment on-board date Oct. 19, rates for all dry and reefer shipments will go up $250 per 20-foot equivalent unit, $500 per 40-foot

• CTSA lines raise bunker surcharges

     Member lines of the Canada Transpacific Stabilization Agreement said they are raising their bunker surcharge in January. • For East Coast ports, the fuel recovery charge will be $551 per 20-foot container, $689 per 40-foot container, $775 per 40-foot high-cube container, and $872 per 45-foot container. • For West Coast ports, the

• Hapag-Lloyd hikes rates to Asia

     Hapag-Lloyd has announced a general rate increase for cargo moving from North America to East Asia, Indian Subcontinent and Middle East, effective April 1: ?? • From Canada to East Asia, dry cargo container rates will increase $160 on 20-foot containers and $200 on 40-foot containers. Reefer rates will go up

• Thai demand for natural gas is seen at 5.14 billion cfd in 2015

    Thailand’s natural gas demand is expected to reach 5.14 billion cubic feet per day (cfd) in 2015 due to rising demand from the industrial and transportation sectors, Energy Minister Wannarat Charnnukul said on Monday. The projection was based on the assumption that natural gas will be used as fuel to

• NYK increased trans-Atlantic prices

    NYK Line will implement a general rate increase for all dry and refrigerated containers to and from U.S. and Canadian ports to all port in Northern Europe as of Sept. 14. The planned increases are $250 per 20-foot container and $500 per 40-foot container. NYK said the GRI will apply

• CTSA raises bunker costs lowers CAF

     Member lines of the Canada Transpacific Stabilization Agreement said they are raising their bunker surcharge in April. It’s the first rise since January and represents a 5 percent increase. ?? • For East Coast ports, the fuel recovery charge will be $581 per 20-foot container, $727 per 40-foot container, $817 per 40-foot

• Hanjin Raises Canada-to-Asia Rates

     Hanjin Shipping will raise rates on Canadian exports to Asia effective March 1. The Korean ocean carrier will hike Canada-to-Asia rates on dry shipments $160 per 20-foot container and $200 per 40-foot container and on reefer shipments $200 per 40-foot container. The Journal of Commerce Online

• OOCL walks Intra-Asia Rates

     Orient Overseas Container Line is launching two rounds of rate increases for intra-Asia cargo. The first applies to dry cargo from Hong Kong, Macau and South China bound for Japan starting Oct. 26.

• Zim to travel trans-Atlantic, Asia-Europe Awards

     Ocean carrier Zim said it will raise rates in coming weeks on westbound shipments from Europe to the United States as well as westbound shipments from Asia to Europe. On Dec.

• Myanmar win like to port investment

    The state-run Myanmar Port Authority (MPA) plans to privatise ports in Yagon as well as offer build-operate-transfer agreements to companies, according to local media. Hutchison Port Holdings has run a terminal in Myanmar for a number of years. Beyond that though, the terminal situation in Myanmar is woefully underinvested

• Zim to travel trans-Atlantic, Asia-Europe rates from 1 December

     Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd.