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With effect from the 1st February 2010 the following rate changes will be coming into effect:

BAF rates will range from $447.00 to $537.00 per 20ft container and $894.00 to $1074. ...

With effect from the 15th - 31st of January 2010 the following rate changes have been put in place for fuel surcharges and will replace all previous rate notifications:

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With effect from the 1st - 14th of January 2010 the following rate changes have been put in place for fuel surcharges and will replace all previous rate notifications:

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With effect from the 1st January 2010 the following rate changes will be coming into effect:

BAF rates will range from $455.00 to $574.00 per 20ft container and $910.00 to $1148.0 ...

With effect from the 15th - 30th of November 2009 the following rate changes have been put in place for fuel surcharges and will replace all previous rate notifications:

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With effect from the 1st - 15th of November 2009 the following rate changes have been put in place for fuel surcharges and will replace all previous rate notifications:

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With effect from the 1st November 2009 the following rate changes will be coming into effect:

BAF rates will range from $277.00 to $538.00 per 20ft container and $554.00 to $1076.00 pe ...

With effect from the 1st November 2009 the carriers will be implementing a GRI ranging between $100 and $200.

We had anticipated that market conditions would soften from November onwards, b ...

With effect from the 16th to the 31st October 2009 the following rate changes have been put in place for fuel surcharges and will replace all previous rate notifications:

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With effect from the 1st October 2009 the following rate changes will be coming into effect:

BAF rates will range from $416.00 to $547.00 per 20ft container and $832.00 to $1094.00 per ...

With effect from the 1st September 2009 the following rate changes will be coming into effect:

BAF rates will range from $375.00 to $493.00 per 20ft container and $750.00 to $986.00 pe ...

With effect from the 1st to the 15th September 2009 the following rate changes have been put in place for fuel surcharges and will replace all previous rate notifications:

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With effect from the 16th to the 30th September 2009 the following rate changes have been put in place for fuel surcharges and will replace all previous rate notifications:

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With effect from the 1st August 2009 the following rate changes will be coming into effect:

BAF rates will range from $286.00 to $443.00 per 20ft container and $572.00 to $886.00 per 40ft c ...

With effect from the 1st to the 15th August 2009 the following rate changes have been put in place for fuel surcharges and will replace all previous rate notifications:

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With effect from the 1st to the 15th July 2009 the following rate changes have been put in place for fuel surcharges and will replace all previous rate notifications:

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With effect from the 1st July 2009 the following rate changes will be coming into effect:

BAF rates will range from $281.00 to $410.00 per 20ft container and from $562.00 to $820.00 per 40f ...

With effect from the 15th to the 31st of July 2009 the following rate changes have been put in place for fuel surcharges and will replace all other rate notifications:

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With effect from 1st June 2009 the following BAF / CAF rate changes will be coming into effect:

BAF rates will range from $231.00 to $580.00 per 20ft container and from $462.00 to $1160.00 ...

With effect from 1st June 2009 to the 15th June 2009 the following rate changes have been put in place for Fuel Surcharges and will replace all previous rate notifications:

With effect from 1st May 2009 the following BAF / CAF rate changes will be coming into effect:

BAF rates will range from $170.00 to $285.00 per 20ft container and from $340.00 to $570.00 pe ...

With effect from 1st January 2009 the following BAF / CAF rate changes will be coming into effect

BAF rates will range from $187.00 to $334.00 per 20ft container and $374.00 to $668.00 per ...

With effect from the 1st of February 2009 the following BAF / CAF rate changes will be coming into effect:

BAF rates wil range from $69.00 to $290.00 per 20ft container and from $138.00 to ...

With effect from 1st March 2009 the following BAF / CAF rates will be coming into effect:

BAF rates will range from $166.00 to $265.00 per 20ft container and from $332.00 to $530.00 per 40f ...

With effect from the 1st April 2009 the following BAF / CAF rates will be coming into effect:

BAF rates will range from $178.00 to $275.00 per 20ft container and from $356.00 to $550.00 per ...

With effect from 1st September 2008 the following rate changes will be coming into effect:

BAF charges will be increasing from $675.00 to $766.00 plus $13.00 low sulphur fuel surcharge per ...

With effect from the 1st  August 2008 the following rate changes will be coming into effect:

BAF charges will be increasing from $610.00 to $675.00 plus $12.00 low sulphur fuel surchar ...

With effect from 1st July 2008 the following rate changes will be coming into effect:

BAF charges will be increasing from $546.00 to $610.00 plus $11.00 low sulphur fuel surcharge per 20ft ...

With effect from 1st June 2008 the following rate changes will be coming into effect:

BAF charges will be increasing from $509.00 to $546.00 plus $10.00 low sulphur fuel surcharge per 20ft ...

With effect from April 1st 2008 the following surcharge has been imposed by all shipping lines for all vessels travelling through the Suez Canal:

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With effect from 1st May 2008 the following rate changes will be coming into effect:

BAF charges will be increasing from $456.00 to $509.00 plus $8.00 low sulphur fuel surcharge per 20ft co ...

With effect from 1st April 2008 the following rate changes will be coming into effect:

BAF charges will remain the same at $456.00 plus $9.00 low sulphur fuel surcharge per 20ft contai ...

With effect from 1st March 2008 the following rate changes will be coming into effect:

BAF charges will remain the same at $456.00 plus $5.00 low sulphur fuel surcharge per 20ft container a ...

With effect from the 1st February 2008 the following rate changes will be coming into effect:

BAF charges will decrease from $482.00 to $456.00 plus $5.00 low sulphur fuel surcharge per 20f ...

With effect from 1st January 2008 the following rate changes will be coming into effect:

BAF charges will increase from $394.00 to $482.00 plus $5.00 low sulphur fuel surcharge per 20ft con ...

With effect from 1st December 2007 the following rate changes will be coming into effect:

BAF charges will increase from $359.00 to $394.00 plus $5.00 low sulphur fuel surcharge per 20ft co ...

With effect from 1st November 2007 the following rate changes will be coming into effect:

BAF charges will increase from $345.00 to $359.00 plus $5.00 Low Sulphur Fuel Surcharge per 20 ft c ...

On behalf of the members of the FEFC the below surcharge has come into effect.

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With effect from 1st October 2007 the following rate changes will be coming into effect:

BAF charges will decrease from $350.00 to $345.00 plus $5.00 Low Sulphur Fuel Surcharge&nb ...

With effect from 1st September 2007 the following rate changes will be coming into effect:

BAF charges will increase from $317.00 to $350.00 per 20ft and from $634.00 to $700.00 per 40ft co ...

With effect from the 1st August 2007the following rate changes will be coming into effect:

From the 1st to 10th August:

BAF charges will increase from $307.00 to $312.00 per 20ft an ...

With effect from 1st July 2007 the following rate changes will be coming into effect:

BAF charges will increase from $296.00 to $307.00 per 20ft and from $592.00 to $614.00 per 40ft.

With effect from 1st June 2007 the following rate changes will be coming into effect:

BAF charges will increase from $256.00 to $296.00 per 20ft and from $512.00 to $592.00 per 40ft.

We have been advised by the Port of Felixstowe that with effect 2nd April 2007 they will be
introducing a £5.50 charge per laden container on all imported goods through Felixstowe
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With effect from the 1st May 2007 the following rate changes will be coming into effect:

BAF charges will increase from $247.00 to $256.00 per 20ft and from $494.00 to $512.00 per 40ft.

With effect from the 1st April 2007 the following rate changes will be coming into effect:

BAF charges will increase from $227.00 to $247.00 per 20ft and from $454.00 to $494.00 per 40ft.

With effect from the 1st of March 2007 there will be a decrease on CAF from 10% to 9.3% of the total freight value. 

BAF charges have also decreased from $235.00 per 20ft to $227.00 an ...

With effect from the 1st February 2007 the shipping lines have increased CAF from 8.6% to 10%.

The BAF rate has remained constant at $235.00 per 20ft and $470.00 per 40ft.

These new ...

With effect from January 1st 2007, there is a General Rate Increase (GRI) across the industry of $200.00, $400.00 and $400.00 per 20ft, 40ft and 40ftHq.

There will also be an ...