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…
The steamship lines announced an increase in the ocean fuel surcharge. Matson is quoted “As a result of sustained near record high fuel prices over the past month, Matson is raising its fuel surcharge by 4 percentage points”. They further state “Since announcing our last increase on March 31, fuel prices not only failed to…
Matson announced last Friday a major increase to the ocean Fuel Surcharge effective on May 1. This comes after their announcement of a projected operating loss for the first quarter of this year. To see Matson’s fuel surcharge announcement, click here. We will continue to do everything we can to keep costs down. The fuel…