Cosco charges US$40/TEU intra-Asia 'imbalance fee'

COSCO Container Lines has announced a new surcharge its website calls a "container imbalance fee" to be applied to all shipments from north China to southeast Asia from June 21.

While there was no explanation of the meaning of the CNY300 (US$40) charge per TEU and CNY600 per FEU, it is understood that it compensates for the imbalance between headhaul and backhaul in rates and volumes.
(Source:www.schednet.com)