KOREA's Hanjin Shipping has joined Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) in announcing it will re-apply a US west coast congestion surcharge next week after saying it would withdraw the fee just as MSC had done.
It was first announced that an US$800 per TEU and $1,000 per FEU charge would be levied, first by individual lines MSC, Hanjin, Hapag-Lloyd, OOCL and CMA CGM and separately by the quasi-conference, the Transpacific Stabilisation Agreement.
But then came an abrupt U-turn after an outcry by shippers and foreboding comments by US regulators doubting the legality of the surcharge - at which point Hapag-Lloyd, MSC, Hanjin and OOCL withdrew it.
But now, Hanjin and MSC have both decided to re-implement the surcharge from next Wednesday, reports Lloyd's List.
Legal concerns arise over applying a surcharge to containers that were already in transit, reports Lloyd's List.
Said MSC: "This postponement was done as a result of concern how we intend to collect the surcharge for cargo already in transit."
Said Hanjin: "In the midst of the continuous slowdown in operation caused by the labour unrest, our vessels are being heavily affected by severe congestion, which is creating mounting costs."
WORLD SHIPPING
24 November 2014 - 22:31
Hanjin joins MSC in renewing congestion fee it had withdrawn before
KOREA's Hanjin Shipping has joined Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) in announcing it will re-apply a US west coast congestion surcharge next week after saying it would withdraw the fee just as MSC had done.
WORLD SHIPPING
24 November 2014 - 22:31
Hanjin joins MSC in renewing congestion fee it had withdrawn before
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