Sea Freight surcharges and fees
As a trustworthy partner, we give our clients transparency in the total costs of their shipments by explaining the structure of our surcharges
Surcharges and fees
If you need to know the charges for other countries, please contact your local Blue Water office.
Fuel Surcharges
As per 1 December 2024
Greenland: 10.00%
Container haulage in Denmark: 33.60 %
Please be aware that the diesel surcharge will be adjusted if Blue Water's expense and pricing structure changes.
EU Environment fee (EEF)
From 1 January 2025, Blue Water will merge all environmentally related surcharges, such as the existing EU Emission Trading System (ETS) fee and the new FuelEU Maritime fee, under a single EU Environment fee (EEF). The EEF will serve to simplify our fee structure now and in the future, as we expect more environmental surcharges related to decarbonisation looking ahead.
As per 1 January 2025
USD 55/TEU and USD 4 w/m
German Road Tax (maut)
The German government has announced changes to the German toll legislation from December 1, 2023. This means that the following changes will apply:
From/to Denmark to/from Hamburg:
- 20’ Equipment from DKK 244 to DKK 353
- 40’ Equipment from DKK 353 to DKK 550
From/to Denmark to/from Bremerhaven:
- All equipment from DKK 675 to DKK 996
Shanghai Containerised Freight Index (SCFI)
SCFI is the most commonly used freight index for sea freight on a global scale. SCFI offers an overview of freight rates on containers from China on a weekly basis.
The name of the index originates from the world's largest container port located in Shanghai, China. SCFI has served as official price index on the global freight market since 2009.
The freight information is reported by major Sea Carriers, Freight Forwarders and Shippers and based on 20’ ft rates. SCFI is updated each Friday and valid for the next week (Monday to Sunday).
It covers 13 individual shipping routes and below you will find information of the China to Europe (Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Felixstowe, Le Havre) route.
