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Posted on March 4, 2026
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Add as preferred source on GoogleMSC will impose an emergency fuel surcharge from March 16 on certain routes: $60 per TEU for standard and $90 per TEU for reefers between Europe and southern Africa; 25 € per TEU standard and 35 € per TEU reefers on the North West Continent/Canary Islands route.
March 4 (Reuters) - MSC said on Wednesday it was imposing an emergency fuel surcharge on some trade routes, effective March 16.
The surcharge will be effective on trade routes between Europe and southern Africa, and the North West Continent/Canary Islands route, the world's largest carrier of ocean container cargo said.
MSC will impose $60 per twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) for standard containers, and $90 per TEU for reefer containers on the Europe to southern Africa route.
On the North West Continent/Canary Islands route, the surcharge will be 25 euros per TEU for standard containers and 35 euros per TEU for reefer containers.
(Reporting by Gnaneshwar Rajan in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)
MSC is imposing an emergency fuel surcharge on specific trade routes due to rising fuel costs, effective March 16.
The surcharge applies to trade routes between Europe and southern Africa, as well as the North West Continent/Canary Islands route.
For standard containers, the surcharge will be $60 per TEU on the Europe to southern Africa route and 25 euros per TEU on the North West Continent/Canary Islands route.
The surcharge for reefer containers is $90 per TEU on the Europe to southern Africa route and 35 euros per TEU on the North West Continent/Canary Islands route.
The MSC emergency fuel surcharge will come into effect on March 16.
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