Maersk Line is announcing an increase in FAK rates (Freight All Kinds) from Far East to North Europe and East Africa.
Shanghai – North Europe
Rotterdam, NL | FAK | 1150 USD | 2000 USD | 2050 USD |
Gdansk, PL | FAK | 1150 USD | 2000 USD | 2050 USD |
Felixstowe, GB | FAK | 1150 USD | 2000 USD | 2050 USD |
Aarhus, DK | FAK | 1175 USD | 2050 USD | 2100 USD |
Gothenbu... |
China’s imports of refined base metals faded over the course of the first half of 2019. Purchasing managers indices, both the official and the Caixin versions, remain below the growth-contraction threshold with a weak automotive sector a particular source of metal demand concern. But in part lower...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/chinas-metal-imports-falter-raw-materials-still-robust/
A tender to purchase 50,000 tonnes of milling wheat from the United States and 31,700 tonnes from Canada has been issued by flour mills in South Korea, European traders said on Thursday. The tender deadline is Friday, Aug. 2. Shipment of the U.S. wheat was sought between Oct. 1 and Oct. 31....
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/south-korean-flour-mills-seeking-wheat-from-us-canada/
Hapag-Lloyd will revise the Terminal Congestion Surcharge (CGD) on all import shipments to Bejaia, Algeria, effective as of September 1, 2019 as follows:
In case of improvement of the situation in Bejaia, Hapag-Lloyd will consider waiving or mitigation of above mentioned...
https://container-news.com/hl-terminal-congestion-surcharge-algeria/
South Korea’s July crude oil imports fell 12.9% from a year earlier to 84.2 million barrels, preliminary data from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy showed. Final data will be released later this month by state-run Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC). Details are as follows (in millions of...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/s-koreas-july-crude-oil-imports-fall-12-9-y-y-preliminary-data/
APL will apply the following Freight All Kind (FAK) Basic Ocean Rates with effect from 15 August 2019 (date of loading in the origin ports) until further notice but not beyond 31 August 2019, for the service scope stated below.
| Asia-North Europe | All Asia ports (including Japan, South East Asia and Bangladesh) | All Northern European ports (including UK and the full range from Portugal to Finland and Estonia) | US$ | 1150 | 2200 |
https://container-news.com/apl-applies-new-rates-asia-north-europe/
CMA CGM announces the following THC update in Pakistan ports :
Effective September 1st, 2019 (date of loading in the origin ports) until further notice:
THC amounts already in place remain unchanged as follows:
https://container-news.com/cma-cgm-thc-update-pakistan-italy/
China has approved barley imports from Russia, the General Administration of Customs said in a statement on its website. Barley exported to China must be produced in seven regions in Russia, including Novosibirsk and Kurgan, which are considered to be free of the fungal disease dwarf bunt that can...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/china-allows-barley-imports-from-seven-regions-in-russia/
Venezuela’s oil exports fell 17.5% in July to their second-lowest level since Washington imposed sanctions on the nation as state-run PDVSA finds fewer customers to take its oil, according to internal data from the company and Refinitiv Eikon. PDVSA and its partners exported a total of 932,887...
China’s crude imports from Saudi Arabia surged to 7.72 million mt, or about 1.89 million barrels per day (bpd) in June, shattering the record of 7.33 million mt hit in March, according to Chinese customs data. Arrivals from Saudi Arabia jumped around 64% last month from 4.7 million mt (1.19 million...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/chinas-crude-imports-from-saudi-arabia-smash-record-in-june/