MSC Announcement: EOS (Emergency Operational Surcharge)

Please take note of the MSC announcement below:

EOS (EMERGENCY OPERATIONAL SURCHARGE)

SCOPE: Turkey TO USA & SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico postponed

Effective date February 8th, 2024 (LAST container gate in date)

Given the recent events in the Red Sea, MSC has decided to divert its ships via the Cape of Good Hope to maintain the safety of the crew, cargo, and ship.

This diversion will mean increases in transit time depending on the destination and/or transshipment point involved, it will have a global impact on MSC fleet capacity and on equipment availability too.

Therefore, as from February 8^th, 2024, until further notice, MSC will implement an Emergency Operational Surcharge (EOS) of USD 1’500 x CTR DRY & REEFER on all shipments from Türkiye to USA trade.

Please contact your MSC local agent for queries related to EEA port pairs not included in this announcement such as Bulgaria, Romania, Malta, Cyprus and Greece.

For your reference, EEA includes Member States of the European Union (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden) including their Outermost Regions(Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Reunion, Martinique, Mayotte and Saint-Martin (France), the Azores and Madeira (Portugal), and the Canary Islands (Spain)) + Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland.

EOS (EMERGENCY OPERATIONAL SURCHARGE)-

SCOPE: Black Sea and EMED to USA & SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico postponed

Effective date February 1st, 2024 (LAST container gate in date)

Given the recent events in the Red Sea, MSC has decided to divert its ships via the Cape of Good Hope to maintain the safety of the crew, cargo, and ship.

This diversion means an increase in transit time depending on the destination and/or transshipment point involved, it will have a global impact on MSC fleet capacity and on equipment availability too.

Therefore, as from February 1st, 2024, until further notice, MSC will implement an Emergency Operational Surcharge (EOS) of USD 1’500 x CTR DRY & REEFER on all shipments from EMED and Black Sea to USA trade.

Please contact your MSC local agent for queries related to EEA port pairs such as Bulgaria, Romania, Malta, Cyprus and Greece.

For your reference, EEA includes Member States of the European Union (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden) including their Outermost Regions(Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Reunion, Martinique, Mayotte and Saint-Martin (France), the Azores and Madeira (Portugal), and the Canary Islands (Spain)) + Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland