{"id":2161,"date":"2024-09-20T15:23:12","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T19:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.a1worldwidelogistics.com\/shipping-company\/?p=2161"},"modified":"2025-01-14T12:10:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T17:10:28","slug":"new-surcharges-as-strike-nears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.a1worldwidelogistics.com\/shipping-company\/new-surcharges-as-strike-nears\/","title":{"rendered":"New Surcharges As Strike Nears"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hapag-Lloyd and CMA CGM announced new charges as strike nears on U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports. The International Longshoreman Association (ILA) plans to protest on October 1st<\/sup> as their six-year contract ends<\/a>. Unresolved negotiations with the United States Maritime Association (USMX) regarding automation, wage increases, and higher pensions are causing the protest. ILA president Harold Daggett said in an ILA-released video over a week ago, \u201cMark my words, we\u2019ll shut them down.\u201d The Biden Administration said it will not intervene and invoke the Taft-Hartley Act for a cool-off period. As a result of the strike, two top container lines revealed new surcharges effective mid-October.<\/p>\n

Starting October 11th<\/sup>, CMA CGM will charge an extra $1,500 per TEU importing to East and West Coast ports. CMA CGM will also impose a surcharge of $800 per twenty-footer, $1,000 per forty-footer, and $1,266 per forty-foot container for dry and tank exports from the ports. Reefer export surcharges will be $1,000 per twenty-footer and $1,500 per forty-foot container. CMA CGM will also apply a $500 per rate restoration initiative on transatlantic shipments beginning October 1st<\/sup>. Hapag-Lloyd has announced a Work Disruption Surcharge (WDS) starting October 18th<\/sup>. The WDS will be $1,000 per TEU for imports into the U.S. East and West Coast ports from:<\/p>\n