Air Freight News

MSC BRQ updates from Africa and Red Sea

Sep 09, 2020

MSC Bunker Recovery Quarterly Charge (BRQ) effective October 1st, 2020

South Africa to USA

From: Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa

To: USA NATL / SATL & Gulf & San Juan, Puerto Rico and USA Pacific

  • 580 USD/TEU Dry
  • 755 USD/TEU Reefer

Validity 3 months as from October 1st, 2020 gate in date. 

Turkey, East Med (except Israel), North Africa (except Agadir), Black Sea excluding EEA Countries

From: Turkey, East Med (except Israel), North Africa (except Agadir), Black Sea excluding EEA countries

To: USA NATL / SATL & Gulf & San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 200 USD /TEU

To: USA Pacific

  • 300 USD/TEU

From: Syria

To: USA NATL / SATL & Gulf & San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 185 EUR /TEU

To: USA Pacific

  • 275 EUR/TEU

Validity 3 months as from October 1st, 2020 gate in date. 

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. 

East Africa, Red Sea To USA

East Africa

From: Kenya - Tanzania

To: USA NATL / SATL & Gulf & San Juan, Puerto Rico and USA Pacific

  • 580 USD / TEU (Dry)
  • 755 USD / TEU Reefer

Red Sea

From: Jordan, Saudi Arabia (King Abdullah), Djibouti, Somalia

To: USA NATL / SATL & Gulf & San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • USD 272/TEU (Dry)
  • USD 408/TEU (Reefer)

To: USA Pacific

  • USD 306/TEU (Dry)
  • USD 459/TEU (Reefer)

From: Sudan

To: USA NATL / SATL & Gulf & San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • EUR 193/TEU (dry)
  • EUR 290/TEU (Reefer)

To: USA Pacific

  • EUR 218/TEU (Dry)
  • EUR 327/TEU (Reefer)

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