Shipping company MSC announced emergency fuel surcharges on all cargo from the Mediterranean and Black Sea to the Indian sub-continent, Red Sea and East Africa.
The move includes the West Mediterranean, Adriatic, the East Mediterranean, Greece and Turkey and applies from March 16 until March 31, it said.
Details (per twenty-foot equivalent unit, or TEU):
Western Mediterranean and Adriatic
To Red Sea: $60 for dry containers, $90 for refrigerated
To East Africa; $135 for dry containers, $200 for refrigerated
To Indian sub‑continent: $85 for dry containers, $130 for refrigerated
Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea
To Red Sea: $70 for dry containers, $100 for refrigerated
To East Africa: $155 for dry containers, $230 for refrigerated
To Indian sub‑continent: $100 for dry containers, $150 for refrigerated
Via Reuters /MSC
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