Air Freight News

MSC Announcement: General customer advisory

Apr 17, 2025
  • SCC - SERVICE CONTAINER CHARGE - USA/PUERTO RICO TO CAMEROON
  • EOS - EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CHARGE - TURKEY TO USA & SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
  • GRI - GENERAL RATE INCREASE - EMED - EAST MEDITERRANEAN (EXCLUDING ISRAEL, SOKHNA) AND BLACK SEA EXCLUDING EEA - EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA COUNTRIES TO USA & PUERTO RICO
  • SCC - SERVICE CONTAINER CHARGE - DOUALA & KRIBI TO USA AND SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO

SCC - SERVICE CONTAINER CHARGE

SCOPE: USA/PUERTO RICO TO CAMEROON

Effective Date: May 16th, 2025

Please note the SERVICE CONTAINER CHARGE to Cameroon new amounts effective May 16th, 2025

SERVICE CONTAINER CHARGE will be manifested and payable along with the FREIGHT. No collect payment.

EOS - EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CHARGE

SCOPE: TURKEY TO USA & SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO

Effective Date: May 5th, 2025

Please be informed that Mediterranean Shipping Company is postponing the implementation of EOS - Emergency Operation Surcharge from:

Cargo from: Turkey

To: USA East Coast, Gulf, West Coast & San Juan, Puerto Rico.

EOS - Emergency Operations Charge quantum as of last container gate-in date May 5th, 2025, applicable to all equipment types (Dry, Reefers, Special Equipment, SOC):

GRI - GENERAL RATE INCREASE

SCOPE: EMED - EAST MEDITERRANEAN (EXCLUDING ISRAEL, SOKHNA) AND BLACK SEA EXCLUDING EEA - EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA COUNTRIES TO USA & PUERTO RICO

Effective Date: Postponed to May 5th, 2025

Please be advised that Mediterranean Shipping Company has further postponed the implementation of GRI - General Rate Increase to May 5th , 2025 last container gate in date.

Equipment type: 20’ & 40’ Dry/Reefer/SOC/OT.

From: Egypt, Lebanon, Ukraine, Novorossiysk, Georgia, Moldova ports to USA and San Juan Puerto Rico

USD 200 /Cntr all equipment types

From: Sirya ports to USA and San Juan Puerto Rico

EUR 200/Cntr all equipment types

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, United Kingdom) 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

SCC - SERVICE CONTAINER CHARGE

SCOPE: DOUALA & KRIBI TO USA AND SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO

Effective Date: May 16th, 2024

Due to a further increase of operational costs at Cameroun ports MSC is compelled to increase the SCC - Service Container Charge surcharge to export cargo ex POLs of Douala and Kribi.

The increase is applicable to all equipment types, effective gate-in date, May 16th, 2025

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