MSC raising Oceania rates to Europe/Mideast/India

  Mediterranean Shipping Co. said Thursday it plans to hike rates from Australia and New Zealand to several destination regions from May 1.
   The increases are:

• $150 per 20-foot container and $300 per 40-foot container to Europe and the Middle East.
• $500 per 20-foot container and $1,000 per 40-foot to the Indian Subcontinent.
• $200 per container to Chittagong.