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16 Mar 2021 / Suez Canal, Egypt

Surcharges on tiers of containers

Northbound vessel surcharges set by circular no. (3/2014) and levied on the tiers of containers situated on the weather-deck of “Containerships” transiting the Suez Canal, to be amended as follows:

  • No of Tiers of Containers on weather deck: 1
    Levied surcharges from Suez Canal normal tolls: 4%
  • No of Tiers of Containers on weather deck: 2
    Levied surcharges from Suez Canal normal tolls: 6%
  • No of Tiers of Containers on weather deck: 3
    Levied surcharges from Suez Canal normal tolls: 8%
  • No of Tiers of Containers on weather deck: 4
    Levied surcharges from Suez Canal normal tolls: 11%
  • No of Tiers of Containers on weather deck: 5
    Levied surcharges from Suez Canal normal tolls: 18%
  • No of Tiers of Containers on weather deck: 6
    Levied surcharges from Suez Canal normal tolls: 24%
  • No of Tiers of Containers on weather deck: 7
    Levied surcharges from Suez Canal normal tolls: 26%
  • No of Tiers of Containers on weather deck: 8
    Levied surcharges from Suez Canal normal tolls: 28%
  • No of Tiers of Containers on weather deck: 9
    Levied surcharges from Suez Canal normal tolls: 30%
  • No of Tiers of Containers on weather deck: 10
    Levied surcharges from Suez Canal normal tolls: 32%
  • No of Tiers of Containers on weather deck: 11
    Levied surcharges from Suez Canal normal tolls: 34%

For each additional tier of containers above the eleventh tier, the surcharge shall be increased by 2%.

This circular is applicable to vessels transiting the Suez Canal from the 1st of April 2021.

(For information about operations in the Suez Canal, contact GAC Egypt at [email protected])

Source: Suez Canal Authority Circular No. (1/2021) dated 14 March 2021

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