PUBLISHER: The Load Star (www.theloadstar.com)
With just a week before an increasingly probable US East and Gulf Coast port strike, carriers have been laying out contingency plans including pre-emptively halting inland cargo movement and announcing new congestion-related surcharges.
Maersk said it will implement a ‘local port disruption surcharge’ for all cargo moving to and from the US east and Gulf coast terminals from 21 October “depending on the impact of the disruption to the supply chain”, of $1,500 per teu and $3,000 per feu.