Congestion in Los Angeles and Long Beach in North America is back with a vengeance. Vancouver and Toronto have joined the ranks of congested ports. THE Alliance even announced on the EC5 route that it will continue to skip the Halifax Port for 8 weeks, and no port calls will be s

Europe's three major container ports have fallen

The Drewry World Container Index shows that container freight rates from Asia to the United States and Europe have once again hit a record high in the past week.

Congestion in Los Angeles and Long Beach in North America has returned. Vancouver and Toronto have joined the ranks of congested ports. THE Alliance even announced on the EC5 route that it will continue to jump to the Halifax Port for 8 weeks, and no port calls will be scheduled before September!

As of Wednesday night, the number of anchored container ships waiting to unload in Long Beach, Los Angeles, was 18, according to workers monitoring port traffic.

Europe's second largest portAntwerp, after Rotterdamand Hamburg, has also begun to become congested. At this point,Europe's three major container ports have all fallen!

Asia, 50,000 containers crowded the congested port. The major transit ports Singapore and Colombo continued to be congested, causing many shipping companies to stop accepting new bookings at Chittagong Port in Bangladesh!

In addition to Los Angeles and Long Beach, rail services have been suspended due to forest fires, and Vancouver and Toronto have also joined the ranks of congestion and port delays! As of the afternoon of July 13, Vancouver Port cargo was seriously piled up, and as many as 41 ships were still berthed in Canada's largest port. Maersk expects congestion at the Port of Vancouver to cause delays of at least a week. ‍

HPL increases surcharge!

html Starting from August 1st, Mason, Zim, Hapag-Lloyd and other airlines will charge high port congestion fees! Starting from September 1st (destination port unloading day), MSC announced that goods exported from ports in South China and Hong Kong to the United States and Canada will be charged port congestion fees!

Following the imposition of high port congestion surcharges by major shipping companies, Hapag-Lloyd recently announced that due to continued extraordinary demand from China and the resulting supply chain operational challenges, Hapag-Lloyd will comply with regular FAK guidelines. All freight shipments are subject to a value-added surcharge (VAD).

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This surcharge will not affect any mid-term or long-term contracts and is intended to replace some other temporary surcharges, such as SGF (Shipping Guarantee Fee).

VAD surcharge will take effect on August 15, 2021 and will be paid by collection method at destinations in the United States and Canada, with the following amounts:

China to North America (United States and Canada):

• USD 4,000 for all 20' type containers
• All 40' type containers cost $5,000

Europe is hit by severe floods!

Many places in Europe have been hit by floods recently. So far, more than 150 people have died and thousands of people are missing.

Germany, Belgium The disaster is relatively serious. Floods in Western Europe are blocking several cross-border rail lines. The most affected regions are , the Netherlands, , Belgium and Germany.

The logistics services of the railway lines in southern Belgium that have been suspended due to floods will be affected, and there may be delays in timeliness in the near future.

The traffic of the Cologne-Düsseldorf-Essen-Dortmund line will be seriously affected. There will be diversions on some routes, and train stops may be delayed or canceled at some stations. The

Cologne -Wuppertal-Hagen-Dortmund line is currently unavailable.

The Cologne-Koblenz line that stops at Bonn Railway Station is impassable and is diverted to Bonn Beuel (right bank of the Rhine). Trains may experience delays. International long-distance traffic from

to and from Brussels was interrupted. Affected long-distance trains between Köln Hbf and Bruxelles-Midi will be cancelled. International long-distance traffic between Frankfurt-Cologne-Amsterdam is unaffected and operates as planned.

All cargo owners please pay attention when shipping goods and make response arrangements in advance!

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