New Zealand berth delays
March has seen extreme berth delays at Auckland resulting in many services diverting from Auckland altogether. This has resulted in congestion at all other NZ ports and nearly all vessels are now having to anchor at Tauranga and Napier also prior to berthing. There are large delays between ports and vessels are spending a record number of days (often weeks) in NZ waters.
Large gaps in all services remain, with some lines occasionally deploying alternate vessels to replace those whose lengthy delays have put them out of sequence.
Forward schedules remain erratic and will suffer large delays both in departure dates (as previous voyage delays are confirmed and carried forward), and subsequent berth delays in NZ (often unknown upon vessel departure).
This is having a major impact in terms of the longer-term dates given on our status reports. Many are changing by weeks in a very short period.
Current berth delay at Auckland is 0-22 days.
Inland Congestion Fee and Booking Cancellation Fee
Inland Congestion Fee
Effective April 23, 2022
All USA Origins to All Destinations
USD Min $15.00 or USD 13.00 W/M
*Note – excluding Los Angeles origin LCL*
Booking Cancellation Fee
Effective 15th April
Current Rate – USD 100 per container
New Rate – USD 185 per container
Note:
- Applied to any cargo bookings (non-Spot and non-Contract products) which are cancelled, reduced or transferred (at customer’s request), within the 12 – day period immediately prior to the vessel’s Estimated time of Departure at all New Zealand load port.
- Applied to any cargo bookings (non-Spot and non-Contract products) which are cancelled, reduced or transferred (at customer’s request), within the 12 – day period immediately prior to the vessel’s Estimated time of Departure at all New Zealand load port.
- The Booking Cancellation Fee will apply to the number of containers by which the booking is cancelled, reduced or transferred.
- Exception/Exemption: All Apples and Onions export will be exempted from Booking Cancellation Fee until Oct-31,2022
Stockwell International will endeavour to keep you updated with the most recent information as it become available to us.
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