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TRANS ATLANTIC CONFERENCE AGREEMENT (TACA)
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UNITED STATES SOUTH EUROPE CONFERENCE (USSEC)
Date issued : May 28th, 2003
Subject : Westbound Tariff Announcement
TACA TRADE ANNOUNCEMENT:
Mid February 2003, TACA advised the Trade that it would implement a two
part
general tariff rate increase programme during 2003. At that time,
announcement of
the full details relating to the second phase, for effectiveness October
1st 2003, was
held over.
Such details have now been finalised and as part of the continuing need
for rate
viability restoration, balanced against maintaining the level of service
quality
demanded by the Trade, the following Westbound TACA Tariff increases will
be
published to take effect from October 1st, 2003:
$ 400 per 20ft container
$ 500 per 40ft container
$ 25 WM
It can be expected that Tariff rates at their increased October 1st, 2003
level will be
held good through March 31st, 2004
The Members of TACA are:
Atlantic Container Line A.B. Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) Line
Hapag-Lloyd Container Linie GmbH Orient Overseas Container Line
Mediterranean Shipping Co. P&O Nedlloyd Limited
A.P. Moller Maersk Sealand
Issued: Crawley, UK, May 28th, 2003
Website: www.tacaconf.com
Date Issued : May 28th, 2003
Subject : Westbound Tariff Announcement
UNITED STATES SOUTH EUROPE CONFERENCE
NOTICE TO THE SHIPPING PUBLIC
In December 2002, the United States South Europe Conference (U.S.S.E.C.)
announced its plan to implement a three-stage Westbound Tariff General
Rate
increase programme during 2003 as part of the continuing need to improve
rate
level viability to sustain service quality requirements demanded by the
trade.
USSEC wishes to remind the trade that the second stage of that programme
is
shortly to apply from July 1st, 2003 at the following levels:
USD 200 per 20ft container
USD 250 per 40ft container
Details of the third stage, from October 1st, 2003, not previously
announced, have
now been finalised and U.S.S.E.C. wishes to advise the trade that it will
implement
the following Westbound Tariff increases from that date:
October 1st 2003:
USD 200 per 20ft container
USD 250 per 40ft container
The Members of USSEC are:
A.P.Moller-Maersk Sealand
Hapag Lloyd Container Linie GmbH
P&O Nedlloyd Ltd.
Issued: Crawley, UK May 28th, 2003
Email: Secretariat@taafc.co.uk
Website: http://www.ussec.com
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