ESPMC-WITASS’s bunker surcharges rising

ESPMC-WITASS’s bunker surcharges rising    Shipping lines in the ESPMC-WITASS conference, covering the Europe/Caribbean/South America trade, will raise their bunker surcharges for May.
   The U.S. dollar and euro-denominated surcharges will be $226/226 euros (from $209/209 euros) per TEU, $452/452 euros (from $418/418 euros) per FEU. The per-freight-ton surcharge will go up to $11/11 euros (from $10/10 euros).
   Member lines of the conference are CMA CGM, CSAV, Hamburg Sud, Hapag-Lloyd, “K” Line and Container Cargo Lines Inc., understood to be a subsidiary of Israeli carrier Zim.