Congestion surcharge raised on West Africa ports

Feb 28, 2005
Author: P&S

Member lines of the Asia-West Africa Trade Agreement (Awata) have announced the introduction of port congestion surcharges on containers being shipped into various West African ports.

The surcharges vary between US0 per TEU to 0 per TEU depending on the port.

Among the affected ports are Luanda in Angola, Lagos, Cotonou, Tema, Onne-Port Harcourt, Malabo and Dakar.

The shipping lines involved are P&O Nedlloyd, Maersk-Sealand/Safmarine, Gold Star, CMA-CGM, Delmas, Mitsui OSK, PIL and China Shipping.