Shipper MSC introduces emergency fuel surcharges

March 9, 2026 9:20 AM EDT

FILE PHOTO: The container ship MSC Ronit R, which departed the French port of Le Havre eight days previously, arrives at the Port Newark Container Terminal in Newark, New Jersey, U.S. July 27, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

March 9 (Reuters) - ‌Shipping company ​MSC ​on Monday announced emergency fuel surcharges ‌on all cargo from the ⁠Mediterranean and Black Sea to ‌the Indian sub-continent, Red ‌Sea and East Africa.

The move includes the West Mediterranean, ​Adriatic, the East Mediterranean, Greece and Turkey and ⁠applies from March 16 until March ​31, it said.

Details (per twenty-foot equivalent unit, or TEU):

Western Mediterranean ​and Adriatic

* To ‌Red Sea: $60 for dry containers, $90 for refrigerated * ⁠To East Africa; $135 for dry containers, $200 forrefrigerated * To Indian ⁠sub‑continent: $85 for dry containers, $130 forrefrigerated

Eastern Mediterranean ​and Black Sea

* To Red Sea: $70 for dry containers, $100 for refrigerated * To ‌East Africa: $155 for dry containers, $230 forrefrigerated * To ‌Indian sub‑continent: $100 for dry ⁠containers, * $150 for ‌refrigerated containers

(Reporting ​by Anna Peverieri in Barcelona; editing by Jason ‌Neely)



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