Yes, these are long lists, but they show the THCs worldwide:   Quote   Please be advised of the NYK Terminal Handling Charges (THC) that will be effective as from January 1st 2015. The applicable charges are detailed below and presented by region. The new levels will be applicable across all trade lanes and services operating [...]

    Very strange that a consortium cannot coordinate the annoucements. It takes several of them from several partners until all data are known:   Here now the NYK version:   Quote     Dear Valued Customer, NYK would like to announce the temporary suspension of the PA2 service, in response to seasonal changes in market [...]

    MOL informs the shipping community as follows:   Quote   Dear Valued Customer, We regret to announce that, in response to seasonal changes in market demand, we will temporarily suspend the PA2 service between Europe and USA (both Coasts) as part of a G6 Alliance decision.   For MOL, this suspension will result in [...]

      Quote     Dear valued customer, As you may have picked up in the media, the national unions in Belgium are organizing regional and national strikes against the newly established Belgian government ‘Michel I’.  The aim of this customer advisory is to inform you about the consequences (for port activity) of the [...]

  OOCL presently circulates the following G6 news:   Quote   G6 Alliance announces Pacific Atlantic Service adjustment <Hong Kong> Members of the G6 Alliance today announced an adjustment to one of its Pacific Atlantic services in response to seasonal changes in market demand. The Pacific Atlantic 2 (PA2) service will temporarily stop calling European [...]

    Hyundai informs as follows:     Quote Transatlantic Trade Westbound, Sailing ex Hamburg 30.12.2014:   Re : [AX1] Vessel cascade – Blank sailing wk 01/03 JFRX Discharging only 029E (phase-out)    Please be informed that the Frankfurt Express will phase-out in Europe.                             2.              blank position wk01-wb / wk03-eb      The position of the [...]

    Drewry seems to be sceptical as to the development of the capacity and freight rates.  Read here:     Quote   The Asia-North Europe trade faces a “huge” impact from the influx of more than 50 ultra-large container vessels over the next 15 months, matching that of the formation of new carrier alliances, [...]

    Very surprising, but CMA is suspending their Port Congestion Surcharge for the US West Coast. We already asked ourselves, what the legal base was to charge customers now. Weeks ago customers shipped their cargo, were they warned at that stage that a possible congestion surcharge would be levied? Were customers aware of that [...]

  We are always happy to present to you information about the situation in North America. OOCL is of great help:   Quote     Dear valued OOCL Customer, Rail Network   A significant winter storm (first of the season) will be impacting Montana and the Northern Plains with very cold temperatures and snow. With [...]

    We really appreciate any news that we get on the situation at the West Coast of the USA:     Quote   Further to our last update, and as has been widely reported, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union(ILWU) and Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) continue to negotiate a new contract for coverage of United States [...]