TSA Lines To Raise Dry Cargo Rates

摘要

Declining Asian consumer and industrial demand, made worse by a strong dollar, has cut into U.S. export volumes and eroded U.S-Asia freight rates to the point where some dry cargoes are moving at levels which make them less attractive to carriers than repositioning empty containers. As a result, member container lines in the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) have agreed on the need for an across-the-board increase in dry cargo rates, effective February 1,2016. The recommended general rate increase (GRI) is in the amount of US$ 100 per 40-foot container (FEU) for cargo moving via the U.S. West Coast, and $200 per FEU for cargo moving via the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts. The GRI will not apply to refrigerated shipments, which are rated separately.