Shipping line Mediterranean Shipping Co. is introducing a $505-per-TEU bunker surcharge on shipments from Asia to Europe beginning Feb. 1.

The surcharge applies on all shipments headed to Red Sea, Mediterranean, Black Sea, northern Africa, northern Europe, United Kingdom, Scandinavian and Baltic ports.

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• MSC Asia-Europe raises bunker surcharges

     Shipping line Mediterranean Shipping Co. is introducing a $505-per-TEU bunker surcharge on shipments from Asia to Europe beginning Feb. 1. The surcharge applies on all shipments headed to Red Sea, Mediterranean, Black Sea, northern Africa, northern Europe, United Kingdom, Scandinavian and Baltic ports. American Shipper

• OOCL-to-Oceania Europe raises rates

     OOCL said it is raising rates from northern European, Mediterranean and Black Sea ports to Australia and New Zealand by $100 per TEU beginning March 1. The line also said it will begin charging a ‘peak season surcharge’ on shipments from northern Europe to Australia and New Zealand on the same

• CMA CGM walks Europe / Indian Subcontinent prices

     CMA CGM said it is raising rates on shipments in both directions between Europe and the Indian Subcontinent. From Sept. 1, westbound rates from India and Pakistan to Northern Europe and Mediterranean ports will increase $250 per TEU and $400 per FEU and 40-foot high-cube container. The line is also assessing

• OOCL imposed Peak Season Surcharge

     OOCL has announced a peak season surcharge on shipments of westbound refrigerated cargo from Europe to Montrealy. The carrier said that with the onset of the winter peak season for reefer cargo, the demand for reefer plugs on westbound sailings from Europe to Montrealy exceeds supply. The surcharge will be $400 per

• SCI-Europe-India hikes prices

    State-owned Shipping Corporation of India will implement a general rate increase on the trade from India to Europe, effective Feb. 4.

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

     Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd.

• Container shipping freight rates raised

    Container shipping freight rates on most routes are set to rise with shipping lines announcing various hikes effective from mid-January and February, analysts and brokers said. “Despite weak demand for ships, the shipping lines declared freight hikes to earn more from whatever cargo is available now,” said Kishore Parekh, overseas

• 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.

• Shipping cargo to U.S., Europe to become more expensive as of January

    Container carriers have announced rate hikes from January for shipments from India to Europe and the US as they look to capitalize on a rebound in demand. The rate hikes for shipments to Europe are in the range of $100-300 (Rs4,670-14,010) for a 20ft container and $300-600 for a 40ft

• MOL Add Asia-Europe Summit Award

     MOL said it will apply a peak-season surcharge on bills of lading for all shipments from Europe and the Mediterranean to Asia. The surcharge will be $100 per 20-foot container for all types of containers. It will become effective starting on all shipments from Nov. 1 until Dec. 31. The affected countries

• Evergreen strengthen Asia-Europe Supplements

    Evergreen Line says it has decided to revise upward it Emergency Bunker Surcharge on the Far East and Indian Sub-Continent to Europe and Mediterranean Westbound Trades to reflect the cost of bunker consumption based on the cargo volume. In this way it will be able to “continue offering services with

• Murmansk, in an effort to engage in a large container port in Northern Europe

    Murmansk Commercial Sea Port expects it could become a base container port for the North Europe countries and Russia’s Northwest, the MCSP OJSC statement said. With the Northern Sea Route Murmansk could be integrated into world container system and strive to turn into major container port for freight traffic from

• Hyundai to increase prices U.S. exports to Europe

     Hyundai Merchant Marine said it will raise rates on U.S. export containers to northern Europe beginning Jan. 1. The increase affects dry and reefer shipments to all northern European, U.K., Scandinavian and Baltic ports

• MSC walks Eastbound Trans-Atlantic prices

    Mediterranean Shipping Company announced Thursday a general rate increase on exports from North America to Europe and the Mediterranean as of April 1.

• COSCO Adds Peak Surcharge

     China Ocean Shipping Co. announced a peak season surcharge of $400 per 40-foot container and $320 per 20-foot container on all cargo moving from the Far East and Indian subcontinent to the U.S. The surcharge, effective immediately, is to run until April 30, 2010. With freight rates in the eastbound Pacific