Omissions
Trident Service
Stockwell International has been notified that Hamburg Sud will be omitting the port of Cartagena – Sociedad Portuaria Regi on the southbound voyage until further notice. The first vessel to omit Cartagena southbound is OLUF MAERSK V 135S on September 16th.
NZ1 ServiceShipping line ONE has advised Stockwell International that due to the Continuing port congestion, the Rio Blanco V132N will omit Lyttleton and Rio Bravo V133N will omit Tauranga and Napier.
MV Oluf Maersk V 135S Service
Shipping Line Hapag-Lloyd has updated Stockwell International on the current changes on the Panama Service,
- Cartagena Southbound call will be cancelled unit further notice.
- The first vessel to omit this call will be MV Oluf Maersk V 135S, with an Estimated Time of Arrival September 16th.
Ocean Freight Update
GRI increase,
All carriers have announced a GRI of at least USD300/TEU for services ex North-East Asia for the 2nd half of August (15th onwards). Hamburg Sud’s GRI announcement was for USD750/TEU, which is the largest GRI announcement we have seen this year. It is expected that rates will continue to increase by USD300/TEU every fortnight for the next 3 months.
COVID-19
Due to a COVID-19 outbreak in Jiangsu Province (Shanghai region), trucking costs have increased significantly due to lack of driver availability. We have been advised that all drivers delivering containers to Shanghai Port have to deliver a negative covid test within the last 48 hours. These measures have seen transport companies implement a “covid-19 test fee” of USD240/driver for shipments from this area.
Asia Ports
Ningbo and Shanghai Ports are currently at crisis point due to a combination of covid-outbreaks, equipment shortages across all carriers and recent typhoon activity in the area. In order to increase the safety of vessels during typhoon season, Shanghai Port Authority has announced a reduction on draft limit (cargo on a ship) by 15% for all vessels calling Shanghai Port. This is effective from 10th of August 2021 until further notice. A number of confirmed bookings are expected to be cancelled or rolled to later sailings as a result of these safety measures. Stockwell’s will do all we can to keep our original bookings but some cancellations will be out of our control. Getting space on vessels from these ports will also become extremely challenging in the next few months so please notify us of bookings and cargo ready dates as early as possible. Ideally we will need to know the cargo ready date one month in advance.
Singapore Port Congestion
Shipping Lines COSCO and OOCL have advised: Due to Singapore transshipment congestion and vessels delay, with immediate effect, bookings ex China origins to Adelaide and Fremantle are suspended until further notice. At this stage few shipping lines are still accepting bookings ex China to Adelaide and Fremantle.
All carriers have stopped accepting bookings ex India to Australia until further notice. We have been told this is due to severe port congestion at Singapore, where there is currently over 4 weeks worth of backlogged containers waiting to be shipped to Australia.
Majority shipping lines have suspended booking acceptance on all South-East Asia services that are t/s via Singapore. This is due to the situation currently unfolding in Singapore where vessels are waiting over a week to birth due to severe port congestion combined with backlogs and container rollovers for over 4 weeks for services ex Singapore to Auckland. Stockwells will advise when booking acceptance will resume but this may not be for a while, unfortunately.
Omissions
MSC, Maersk and Hamburg have three upcoming services where they will omit Yokohama, Osaka, Busan, Ningbo and Yantian. These three services are back to back, departing NEA the first three weeks of August. This is going to take a significant amount of space out of the market from these ports so demand for space from other carriers is going to go increase.
Due to the huge number of recent service omissions from Qingdao it has become impossible to get space with a number of carriers. Please contact us ASAP of new shipments at least five weeks from the cargo ready date as we have very limited options in who we can book space with.
AU & NZ Port Congestion
Services between Australia and New Zealand have been impacted in recent months by severe port congestion at both AU and NZ ports. In order to reduce delays caused by this port congestion, shipping lines operating on this trade lane reduced space capacity on services, deliberately omitted the ports with the biggest delays (Sydney, Auckland) and blanked a number of sailings. This has left a huge backlog of cargo unable to be shipped on AU-NZ services with shipping lines refusing to add extra services to clear the backlog. Below is an update on each carrier.
- ANL – Fully booked until the end of August. September services not yet open for booking.
- MSC – Fully suspended booking acceptance until further notice.
- Hamburg Sud – Fully booked until the end of August.
- Hapag Lloyd – Fully booked to mid-September with bookings not being accepted beyond then.
- Maersk – No services available for booking.
Only a few carriers right now are accepting bookings ex North China (Xingang, Dalian) due to space and equipment issues. Other carriers have very small allocations from these ports as they are not on direct routes.
General Rate Increases, Peak Season Surcharge & Congestion Surcharge
General Rate Increases:
Stockwell International has received notice that there have been global FCL and LCL general rate increases. For specific countries and amounts please contact us directly.
FCL
1st August 2021
South Africa to Australia and New Zealand
Amount: FCL USD $250/TEU
1st July 2021
India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka to Australia and New Zealand
Amount: USD $500/TEU and USD $1000/FEU
15th July 2021
China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and Japan to Australia, and from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam to New Zealand
Amount: USD $300/TEU and USD $600/FEU
1st August 2021
North East and South East Asia to New Zealand
Amount: USD $24 w/m
1st August 2021
USA, Canada and Mexico to Australia and New Zealand
Amount: USD $200/TEU
1st August 2021
Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Charleston, Charlotte, Memphis, Miami, Norfolk, New York, Philadelphia, San Juan to New Zealand – Auckland & Wellington
Amount: USD $8 w/m
1st August 2021
Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Charleston, Charlotte, Memphis, Miami, Norfolk, New York, Philadelphia, San Juan to New Zealand – Lyttelton
Amount: USD $14 w/m
1st August 2021
Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Seattle, Portland to Lyttelton
Amount: USD $6 w/m
1st August 2021
South Africa to Australia and New Zealand
Amount: FCL USD $250/TEU
1st September 2021
Australia to New Zealand
Amount: NZD $8 w/m
1st September 2021
All Origins to New Zealand
Amount: NZD $4 w/m
1st September 2021
New Zealand to all destinations
Amount: NZD $4 w/m
1st September 2021
USA to Australia and New Zealand
Amount: USD $1000 per reefer TEU
1st September 2021
Auckland, via Auckland to Australia
Amount: USD $5 w/m
1st September 2021
Latin America to Australia and New Zealand
Amount: USD $200 per reefer TEU
Peak Season Surcharge:
22nd July 2021
Australia and New Zealand to Fuzhou
FCL USD $1500 per reefer container
Congestion Surcharge:
1 August 2021
All US origins to all destinations
LCL USD $10 w/m
29 August 2021
Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Seattle, Portland to all destinations
LCL USD $20 w/m
1 August 2021
All origins to all US destinations
LCL USD $10 w/m
1 August 2021
All origins to and via Los Angeles
LCL USD $12 w/m
29 August 2021
All origins to and via Chicago
LCL USD $20 w/m