Sea freight: capacity bottlenecks in the Northern Atlantic Sea
Danger of strikes, service changes and bad weather impact business of sea freight forwarders on the routes between Europe and North America
As of 30 June 2014 the contracts between terminal operators (PMA) and the syndicate ILWU are to expire. In the frame of new negotiations there will be danger of strikes of port workers at the US West Coast.
As a response, liner shipping companies have issued a preventative surcharge on all ports in the US, Canada and Mexico. It can be charged as soon as there will be a delayed handling at the terminals due to lock-outs or strikes.
The charges have been agreed as follows:
• 20‘ Dry + Reefer: 895.65 USD
• 40‘ Dry + Reefer: 1,125.65 USD
• 40‘ HC + Reefer: 1,265.65 USD
• 45‘: 1,415.65 USD
• W/M: 22.65 USD
Meanwhile the merger of several container shipping companies into the G6 alliance is getting difficult according to representatives of international forwarders, also referring to the implementation of new scheduled and planned vessel sizes.
„The CMA CGM shipping company will presumable be providing less vessel capacity until the end of June 2014. Maersk Line will also stop some departures from its schedule to the US“, reports a globally operating forwarding company. Due to service changes and bad weather in the North Atlantic Sea there will still be delays in departures of vessels in Europe and North America, resulting in bottlenecks in cargo hold capacity.
Quelle: LogEastics
Portal: www.logistik-express.com
