Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority (SCA), has issued a circular, in which informs that it will raise transit fees by almost 15% for most vessel types with some relaxations for container vessels out of ports of North Europe.
According to the circular, the standard Suez Canal transit fees for the following vessel categories will be raised by 15%, in accordance with the attached schedules:
- Crude Oil Tankers, Petroleum Product Tankers, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Carriers, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Carriers, Chemical tankers and other liquid bulk tankers, Containerships, Vehicles Carriers, Cruise Ships, and Special Floating Units.
The standard Suez Canal transit fees for the following vessel categories will see a 5% increase, as outlined in the attached schedules:
- Dry Bulk Vessels, General Cargo Vessels, Roll-On/Roll-Off (RO/RO) Vessels, and Other Vessels.
Containerships directly coming from ports at “North-West Europe” and directly heading to ports at the “Far East” are exempted from the above increase stated in para (a) as per the conditions stipulated in circular.
As explained, this circular shall be effective as of the 15th of January 2024.
