LCL Booking Fees:
LCL container depots in Australia are introducing Vehicle Booking Fees for all LCL shipments in a trend that started some 6 months ago.
Initially only a couple of facilities commenced charging this costs but now more and more operators around the country have introduced these new arrangements similar to port FCL timeslot Booking fees.
Due to our increased costs, which we have absorbed in the past, we have no alternative but to pass these costs on from 14th February, 2022.
The cost will be $ 20.00 per shipment and this cost will be added to our Communicator portal.
LCL Port Charges:
Our port charges on LCL shipments have remained in place for quite some time, despite several rate increases by shipping lines.
Our consolidation partners have advised that our agreed rates will now be increased by $ 5.00 per cbm/1000kgs effective from 14th February, 2022.
We regret the need to increase these costs but we have no alternative given all shipping lines again increased FCL port charges from 1st February, 2022.
The new cost of $ 95.00 per cbm/1000kgs is still one of the lowest in the market and will be added to our Communicator portal.