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Date:2024-04-29 Readers:
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On 19 April, the Asia Feeder Discussion Group (AFDG) announced in the Singapore Business Times that its members have started charging an "Emergency Cost Recovery Surcharge" since Monday to cope with rising operating costs due to port congestion.
The surcharge is US$40/TEU one-way from Singapore to Jakarta, Belawan, Semarang, Palembang, Surabaya, Cambodia, Malaysia, Ho Chi Minh City, Songkhla and Laem Chabang; US$75/TEU from Singapore to Bangkok, Da Nang and the Philippines; and US$100/TEU for flights from Singapore to Karachi, Chittagong, Haiphong and West Asia. shippers will have to pay half of the surcharge for empty containers. surcharge.
AFDG said: "Our members have implemented various contingency plans over the past week to protect schedule timeliness and voyage integrity. While responding to the current situation in the best way possible, our overall operating costs have increased significantly."
According to consultancy Linerlytica, port congestion has returned to China's ports this month, with berthing delays at ports in all major areas of the Bohai, Yangtze and Pearl River Deltas. As ships re-routed around the Cape of Good Hope, some Asian ports such as Singapore and Port Klang, ship queues are also longer.
Linerlytica said: "Vessel congestion and poor weather conditions have resulted in longer waiting times for vessels in Qingdao, Ningbo and Shanghai, with delays of up to two days. Congestion also increased in Southeast Asian ports, with Singapore, Tanjung Pelepas and Port Klang all experiencing delays of one to two days."
As of Monday, port congestion stood at 1.46 million TEUs, down slightly from last week, and delays were down at all major Asian ports. Compared with a year ago, overall congestion was down by about 25,000 TEU.
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