Get the key recent updates in schedules, services, and rates in the market
Changes in schedules:
- Maersk will come back to Felixstowe with its AE7 service Far East AsiaàNorth Europe
- MSC has updated schedule due to congestion in Asia on Asia-US-Canada and Australia-Asia routes
- Maersk has changed departure schedules due to delay accumulation for its AE6 service
- Maersk has updated departure for AE15 service which connects Asia with the Mediterranean
- MSC will temporarily stop calling at the Port of Charleston from the 16th week starting from voyage 213A on its service connecting the USA with the East Coast of South America
- Hapag Lloyd has updated the service Mediterranean Gulf Express (MGX) with effect from 13 April 2022 to include a call in Norfolk for a rail connection with the West Coast. The new schedule is the following: Livorno (Italy) – Genoa (Italy) – Barcelona (Spain) – Valencia (Spain) – Veracruz (Mexico) – Altamira (Mexico) – Houston (Texas) – Norfolk (Virginia) – Livorno (Italy)
- TX Logistik has increased the number of trains between Leipzig (Germany) and Verona (Italy). Starting from 5 April the company will operate eight instead of the six round trips per week.
Changes in rates:
- Contargo has imposed an “emergency surcharge” of €25 per container, blaming the surging cost of fuel. Wait times for inland services into Rotterdam at 3+ days and in Antwerp - 1,5+ days.
- Metrans introduced a fuel surcharge on 1 April for truck movements between different terminals within the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp. The surcharge varies between 5 and 24 euros.
New services:
- Transnet, South Africa’s state-owned transport company, responsible for rail freight and rail infrastructure, started to offer slots to private parties interested in using its railway network.
- Contargo has introduced its container train between Frankfurt and Antwerp
