Important Announcement: Postponement and Suspension on Port Congestion Surcharge

Federal Maritime Commission is reviewing the carrier’s surcharge in their announcement made on November 17,2014. Most carriers have announced a suspension and postponement of the Port Congestion Surcharge until further notice.

Carrier
PCS Status
OOCL – Postpone until further notice
UASC – Postpone until further notice
CSCL – Postpone until further notice
HMM – Postpone until further notice
Hanjin – Postpone until further notice
EMC – Postpone until further notice
HPL – Postpone until further notice
YML – Postpone until further notice
Wanhai – Postpone to Dec 18, 2015
Hamburg SUD – Suspended
CMA – Suspended
MSC – Suspended
ANL – Suspended
MATSON – Postponed to December 3rd

You may go to each carrier’s website to verify the suspension.

We will keep monitoring and keep you posted on these announcements.

Thank you,

Flegenheimer Team

Sources:

http://www.joc.com/maritime-news/container-lines/carriers-backtrack-west-coast-port-congestion-surcharges_20141118.html

http://www.oocl.com/usa/eng/localinformation/localnews/2014/Pages/2014Nov18.aspx