FILE PHOTO: The container ship MSC Ronit R
| Photo Credit:
Eduardo Munoz
Saturday it would implement an emergency fuel surcharge to all
cargo from the Mediterranean (including West Mediterranean,
Adriatic, East Mediterranean, Greece and Turkey) and Black Sea
to the Indian sub-continent, Red Sea and East Africa, effective
March 16.
It said the surcharge would be $30 per twenty-foot
equivalent unit (TEU) from the Mediterranean and Black Sea to
the Red Sea for dry containers, and $50 per TEU for refrigerated
containers.
Dry containers from the Mediterranean and Black Sea to East
Africa will be charged $60 per TEU, while refrigerated
containers will be charged $90 per TEU, the world’s largest
carrier of ocean container cargo said.
MSC will also impose a surcharge of $40 per TEU from the
Mediterranean and Black Sea to the Indian sub-continent for dry
containers, and $60 per TEU for refrigerated containers.
Published on March 7, 2026