20-foot box shippers overcharged on fuel?

Benchmarking

Wednesday, September 05, 2012

Transpacific shippers who use 20-foot containers are likely overcharged on bunker fees, according to research by the maritime consultant SeaIntel. SeaIntel noted the transpacific trade is the only one where surcharges on 20-foot containers are not 50 percent of those assessed on 40-foot containers. Instead, bunker adjustment fee (BAF) levels on the transpacific for 20-footers are 80 percent that of 40-footers. SeaIntel said it was given two reasons for the 80 percent ...

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