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Maersk Line Update Container Cliff Surcharge
Maersk Line has announced revised details of a container surcharge it will implement in the event of a strike on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts.
The revision follows Friday's announcement by the U.S. Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) that a strike threatening to take place after December 29, 2012 had been averted for 30 days after a new extension for talks was agreed.
The surcharge amounts detailed in Maersk Line's previous announcement remain unchanged, only the effective dates have been updated.
Under the new schedule, effective January 29, 2012 for all East and Gulf Coast ports a Port Congestion Surcharge of $800 per twenty-foot container, $1,000 per forty-foot standard container, $1,125 per forty-foot high cube container, and $1,266 per forty-five-foot container will be applicable to all import and export shipments.
For all U.S. West coast imports, effective February 14, 2013 a surcharge of $320 per twenty-foot container, $400 per forty-foot standard container, $450 per forty-foot high cube container, and $506 per forty-five-foot container will apply.
For all U.S. West coast exports, effective February 21, 2013 a surcharge of $800 per twenty-foot container, $1,000 per forty-foot standard container, $1,125 per forty-foot high cube container, and $1,266 per forty-five-foot container will apply.
As before, the surcharge will also apply to import shipments to the U.S. routed through Canada.
