The peak season is approaching, and a large number of ocean freight surcharges are coming...

Some time ago, Amazon Global Store released a message that "sellers can start to submit reports for Black Friday and Cyber ​​Monday promotions", which made many sellers look forward to enjoying a wave of orders at the end of this year. Although there is still some time before the official start of the peak season, major express companies and shipping companies have already made preparations to charge peak season surcharges in advance. Let's take a look at the information.

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UPS's peak season surcharge is mainly aimed at high-volume cargo shippers . Its peak season surcharge is set based on the increase in the number of shippers since February 2020. It is divided into five levels and the charges vary by service. The surcharge will be implemented from October 31, 2021 to January 15 , 2022 .

Shippers who sent 110% to 200% of their February 2020 volumes paid $ 1.15–$2.15 per package .

Shippers sending 200% to 300% more will pay $2.15–$3.15 per package .

Shippers sending 300% to 400% more will pay $3.15–$4.15 per package .

Shippers sending 400% to 500% more will pay $4.15–$5.15 per package .

Shippers sending 500% more will pay $ 5.15– $ 6.15 per package .

FedEx

As we head into the 2021 holiday season, FedEx expects that demand for capacity across its network will continue to rise, and operating costs will increase accordingly. At the same time, FedEx expects the number of people staying home during the holidays to surge again and continue into 2022.

FedEx will increase the following fees starting October 4:

Peak Season Additional Handling Surcharge of USD 5.95 per package

Peak Season Oversized Surcharge of $62.50 per package

Peak Ground unauthorized package fee is $ 350 per package

At the same time, FedEx emphasized that the new peak season surcharge applies to US Express and Ground services as well as Ground International.

In addition, FedEx customers who deliver an average of more than 25,000 packages per week between November 1, 2021 and January 16, 2022 may be charged an additional fee of $0.60 per package. This policy may take effect on January 17, 2022.

Hapag-Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd issued an announcement stating that from September 15, 2021, it will begin to levy a peak season surcharge (PSS) from the Far East to Mexico and the west coast of South America. This regulation applies to goods transported in refrigerated and non-operating refrigerated (NOR) containers until further notice.

The charging standards are:

1000 USD/20' container 2000 USD/40' container

Furthermore, Hapag-Lloyd emphasizes that the geographical scope of this PSS is explained as follows:

Place of shipment:

Far East: Brunei Darussalam, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Cambodia, South Korea, Myanmar, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam

Place of delivery:

Mexico , West Coast of South America: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile

The editor would like to remind everyone that although the peak season is approaching, don’t be overwhelmed by the surge in orders. Always pay attention to changes in ocean freight prices and book cabin space in advance to avoid problems in the transportation chain.

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