CMA CGM announces peak season surcharges worldwide

MARSEILLE : CMA CGM has announced a Peak Season Surcharge (PSS) for shipments from all Middle East Gulf & Pakistan ports to South Africa. This surcharge will be effective from 20 July (loading date) and will be US$200 per 20′ container. This surcharge applies until further notice, indicating it will be in place indefinitely until CMA CGM decides to adjust or remove it.

Additionally, the French shipping company announced the implementation of another PSS starting from 1 August 2024 (loading date), until further notice.

The surcharge will apply to cargo originating from North Europe (including the Baltic and Scandinavia), the United Kingdom, West Mediterranean, East Mediterranean, Adriatic, Morocco, North Africa, and the Black Sea, and destined for Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Togo, Benin, Angola, Gabon, Sierra Leone, Congo, DRC, Namibia, and Equatorial Guinea. This surcharge, applicable to dry and reefer cargo, will be €400 / US$400 / GB£300 per container.

Furthermore, CMA CGM will implement a PSS of US$400 per container, effective from 5 August, until further notice, for cargo originating from the United States and Canada destined for Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Togo, Benin, Angola, Gabon, Sierra Leone, Congo, DRC, Namibia and Equatorial Guinea.