Asia-Australia lines set bunker surcharge

Tue 14 Dec 2010, 13:22 GMT

Asia-Australia lines set bunker surcharge

AADA to implement new surcharge for shipments from Hong Kong and China to Australia.

Members of the Asia Australia Discussion Agreement (AADA) have announced that next month they will be imposing a new bunker surcharge for shipments from China and Hong Kong to ports in Australia.

The new surcharge, which will be effective from 10th January 2011, will be $250 per twenty foot equivalent unit (TEU) and $500 per forty foot equivalent unit (FEU) for dry and refrigerated containers.

Customers requiring further information concerning the bunker surcharge are advised to contact the member lines.

AADA members are: ANL Singapore Pte Ltd (ANL), China Shipping Container Line (HK), COSCO Container Line, Hamburg Sud (HSDG), Hanjin Shipping, Hyundai Merchant Marine, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ("K Line") Maersk Line, Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC), Mitsui O.S.K. Line (MOL Line), Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line), Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), Gold Star Line (HK) (ZIM Line).

Maersk MOL NYK Group OOCL Australia China Hong Kong


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