HIGHER ALAMEDA CORRIDOR SURCHARGES
The transpacific container shipping lines’ higher Alameda corridor surcharges for cargoes moving ports of southern California are expected to apply to shippers from about mid-January.
The higher surcharges follow the introduction on Jan. 1 of increases in the user fees charged by the Alameda corridor to the Union Pacific and BNSF railroads. UP will charge $16 per 20-foot, $31 per 40-foot, and $35 per 45-foot container to shipping lines that use the Alameda corridor. BNSF will invoice slightly different amounts: $16 per 20-foot container, $32 per 40-foot box, or $36 per 45-foot-long container.
The eastbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement and Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement have adopted guidelines for Alameda corridor charges of $16 per 20-foot container, $31 per 40-foot box, or $35 per 45-foot-long container. The Alameda corridor charges are a pass-through of user fees charges by railroads to shipping lines.