The way carriers calculate bunker surcharges is often disputed by shippers, and no more so than now. Bunker surcharges should, proportionately, have been reducing faster than fuel prices because of the deployment of more efficient ships, but this does not appear to have happened for most carriers. The issue is highlighted by two recent developments in the container industry.
WORLD SHIPPING
17 September 2013 - 00:00
Carriers fuel the bunker surcharge fire
The way carriers calculate bunker surcharges is often disputed by shippers, and no more so than now. Bunker surcharges should, proportionately, have been reducing faster than fuel prices because of the deployment of more efficient ships, but this does not appear to have happened for most carriers. The issue is highlighted by two recent developments in the container industry.
WORLD SHIPPING
17 September 2013 - 00:00
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