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WTSA, TSA RAISE JAPANESE PORT CHARGES

WTSA, TSA RAISE JAPANESE PORT CHARGES

   Carrier members of the Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement and the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement will raise their terminal handling charges covering Japanese ports for shipment from the United States, Canada and Mexico, effective Feb. 1.

   The increased terminal charges are $175 per 20-foot container dry, $228 per 40-foot container reefer, $242 per 40-foot or longer container dry and $315 per 40-foot or longer container reefer.

   WTSA members include: APL, COSCO Container Lines Ltd., Evergreen Marine Corp., Hanjin Shipping, Hapag Lloyd Container Linie, Hyundai Merchant Marine, 'K' Line, Maersk Sealand, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, P&O Nedlloyd, NYK, OOCL and Yang Ming.

   The carriers of the TSA are APL, CMA CGM, COSCO Container Lines, Evergreen, Hanjin Shipping, Hapag-Lloyd, Hyundai, “K” Line, Maersk Sealand, MOL, NYK, OOCL, P&O Nedlloyd and Yang Ming Marine.