Please take note of the announcements below containing the following scopes:
GRI - GENERAL RATE INCREASE - IMPORT ISC/ME - INDIAN SUBCONTINENT/MIDDLE EAST TO USA
BRC - BUNKER RECOVERY CHARGE - IMPORT MEXICO & CANADA TO USA & PUERTO RICO
EOS - EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CHARGE - TURKEY TO USA & SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
GRI - GENERAL RATE INCREASE - EMED - EAST MEDITERRANEAN (EXCLUDING ISRAEL, SOKHINA), AND BLACK SEA INCLUDING EEA COUNTRIES TO USA & PUERTO RICO
ECA - EMISSION CONTROL AREA - RELAY TO USA & SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
GRI - GENERAL RATE INCREASE
SCOPE: IMPORT ISC/ME - INDIAN SUBCONTINENT/MIDDLE EAST TO USA
Effective Date: May 1st, 2025, May 15th, 2025
Please be advised that the GRI - General Rate Increase announced for effective May 1st, 2025, has been postponed to May 15th, 2025, as below.
Cargo from: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia (only Dammam & Jubail), Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar, Oman, United Arab Emirates
To: USA & CANADA West Coast
USD 1800 => per 20’ dry & reefer
USD 2000 => per 40’ dry & reefer
Note that GRI is also applicable for SOC & SOT.
BRC - BUNKER RECOVERY CHARGE
SCOPE: IMPORT MEXICO & CANADA TO USA & PUERTO RICO
Effective Date: June 1ST, 2025

This is to inform you that for IMPORT from MEXICO & CANADA to USA & PUERTO RICO, the BRC - Bunker Recovery Charge will remain at same levels for June 1st, 2025.
EOS - EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CHARGE
SCOPE: TURKEY TO USA & SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
Effective Date: June 6th, 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 quantum as of last container gate-in date June 6th, 2025, applicable to all equipment types (Dry, Reefers, Special Equipment, SOC):

GRI - GENERAL RATE INCREASE
SCOPE: EMED - EAST MEDITERRANEAN (EXCLUDING ISRAEL, SOKHINA), AND BLACK SEA INCLUDING EEA COUNTRIES TO USA & PUERTO RICO
Effective Date: June 6th, 2025
Please be advised that Mediterranean Shipping Company has further postponed the implementation of GRI - General Rate Increase to June 6TH, 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.
ECA - EMISSION CONTROL AREA
SCOPE: RELAY TO USA & SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
Effective Date: June 1st, 2025
Please note the new ECA - Emission Control Area quantum as of June 1st, 2025, last container gate in date.

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