As a result of high fuel prices and other energy related costs, Aloha Freight Forwarder’s primary steamship line partner is raising the ocean fuel surcharge by 5% from 34.5% to 39.5% for Hawaii service, effective March 23, 2014. This is the first increase over the course of the last year, after 3 consecutive FSC decreases…
Matson Lines and Horizon Lines both announced rate increases recently on their Hawaii service. Matson Navigation Company, Aloha Freight Forwarder’s primary steamship line partner, announced on November 25, 2013 that they will raise their rates by an average of 5.5% effective January 05, 2014. Aloha Freight Forwarders will continue to seek ways to reduce costs…
Matson has announced a decrease in the fuel surcharge effective this Sunday, 7/7/13. The surcharge will decrease 2.0% points to 34.5% for its Hawaii Service. We will implement the savings on all shipments that we receive after 7/7/13.
Matson has announced a decrease in the fuel surcharge effective this Sunday 4/28/13. Very welcome news. The surcharge will decrease 3.5% points to 36.5% for its Hawaii Service. We will implement the savings on all shipments that we receive after 4/28/13.
Fortunately, highway diesel prices have been dropping the last couple of months. We are decreasing our California fuel surcharge by two percentage points to 27% effective 4/29/31. This is for shipments that we pick up with our own trucks in our Southern California service area. We will continue to pass on any fuel savings that…
After increasing the fuel surcharge approximately six months ago, Matson announced a decrease in the fuel surcharge effective this Sunday. Very welcome news. The surcharge will decrease 3.5% points to 40%. We will implement the savings on all shipments that we receive after 3/17/13.
Matson Lines and Horizon Lines both announced rate increases recently. Almost all services are increasing in price, but the big increase is $175 on every container, regardless of the size. Also, the Terminal Handling charge is increasing $50 on every container. The increases result in a 5.6% bump in average ocean cost, according to the…
Please keep in mind that the Ocean Fuel Surcharge is adjusted periodically by the steamship lines. There is a large increase set to go into effect on Monday 2/26/12. Please check our FSC web page for the latest information. A link is on the panel to the left and at the top of this page.
The steamship lines have announced their annual rate increase. It will be effective January 1, 2012. The increase represents an ocean increase of approximately 5.6% and an increase in the Terminal Handling Charge that equates to around $.05 per cube. These increases are extremely unfortunate. We do everything that we can to minimize the increase.…
We are always hearing so much talk about rising costs, it is nice to hear about reductions for a change. Matson has announced they are reducing the ocean fuel surcharge effective this Sunday. This will be the third reduction in the last two months. The surcharge is still sizable unfortunately. It is being reduced two…