Shipping Rates More ExpensiveThe high price of bunker fuel is requiring carriers to update their tariffs, increasing the costs for exporting and importing, affecting international trade.Wednesday, May 23, 2012
The cost of sending goods from, say, Costa Rica to the United States has risen significantly due to increased bunker fuel prices, the price of which was quoted at the beginning of the week at $600 a barrel. This rise has meant that sending a 40-foot container with a refrigerated load from Costa Rica to Miami increased by 24.1% from February 2010 to February 2012. Source: Nacion.com ¿Busca soluciones de inteligencia comercial para su empresa?Freight Rates Rise in NicaraguaMay 2012 Most shipping companies have agreed to pay carriers between $1.26 and $1.29 per kilometre as a re-adjustment. Freight Rates Up 30%April 2012 The Salvadoran Association of International Cargo Transport has announced that from next week there will be an adjustment in freight prices. Transporters Threaten Rate HikeMarch 2012 In Nicaragua, the transport companies are warning of a 50% increase in charges caused by the continuing rise in fuel prices. Transporters Threaten to Raise Freight Rates by 20%February 2012 Transport companies are pushing the government to lower the price of diesel, their main raw material whose price has increased by 7% in the last two months.
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