EUROPE/INDIA CARRIERS RAISE CHENNAI SURCHARGE
Shipping lines of the India Pakistan Bangladesh Ceylon conference said they are increasing their congestion surcharge at the port of Chennai, India, to $200 per TEU, effective Dec. 15.
“Unfortunately the situation has now deteriorated to such an extent that the feeder operators serving Chennai have advised their intention to increase the level of congestion surcharge to $200 per TEU,” a spokesman for the conference said.