ONE imposes congestion surcharge for refrigerated cargo shipped to Yantian port

A container ship of ONE (Photo: ShippingWatch)

 
Shipping lines have been facing increasing congestion, low productivity and growing export backlogs in southern China that have forced them to temporarily bypass Yantian port due to extended shipping time. time when entering port. For shipping line ONE (Ocean Network Express), the carrier has imposed an additional surcharge of USD 1,000 for refrigerated cargo transported to Yantian.

ONE and Maersk are skipping the port of Yantian in an effort to maintain schedules, as congestion and delays in Europe, the US and Asia are increasing.

Shipping lines are reducing the time to unload containers for export cargo in some ports to three days before the ship's scheduled arrival time (instead of seven days before) and Maersk is predicting the situation will deteriorate. going, as some ports are operating at only about 30% of normal capacity.

Faced with this situation, ONE informed its customers: "Considering the above reasons, ONE may need to adjust its initial shipping plan for refrigerated shipments to Yantian port. lead to an extension of refrigerated storage at the transshipment port or unloading of refrigerated containers at an alternative port without prior notice.

In an effort to not complicate operations and to keep operations as safe as possible in these situations, ONE will encourage customers to consider changing destinations to other alternative ports, especially for time-sensitive goods such as fresh and frozen goods."

At the same time, "ONE has decided to apply a congestion surcharge (CGD) of USD 1,000 per container to cover the costs incurred in connection with the arrangement of shipments and the charges incurred for running electricity, supervision fees, etc. If the shipper requests to change the port of destination (COD), the goods are requested to be unloaded at alternative ports other than Yantian, the CGD and COD fees may be waived.

This measure is effective immediately for all refrigerated shipments to Yantian from June 10, 2021 onwards until further notice."

Meanwhile, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reports that “most of the port operators in Shenzhen and Guangzhou, including Yantian, Shekou and Nansha, plan to maintain decontamination measures, disinfection and strict quarantine at least until next week.”

These measures will delay freight operations further and lead to even more rate increases. Freight rates are expected to hit record levels in the second half of the year.

Source: Phaata.com (According to ONE / The Loadstar)

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