Hamburg Sud raises South Sea fuel charge

Hamburg Sud raises South Sea fuel charge    Hamburg Sud said Monday it will raise its “emergency fuel adjustment factor” by $13 per TEU, effective Nov. 6, on its U.S. West Coast/South Seas islands service.
   The revised charges for both northbound and southbound cargo will be $196 per 20-foot container and $392 per 40-footer.
   The Hamburg Sud South Seas service links San Francisco and Long Beach with Tahiti, American and Western Samoa, and Tonga, with transshipment service provided to Fiji via Apia.