China Shipping Container Lines, China’s second-largest container carrier, said it will impose additional surcharges on transpacific shipping from 1 July due to a global shortage of containers. The shipping line will levy an ‘emergency’ surcharge at US$400 per FEU, said Zhao Hongzhou, deputy general manager of CSCL.

One month earlier, the company introduced a peak-season surcharge at the same rate on its Asia-Americas routes.

AP Moller-Maersk, the world’s largest container line, said the unprecedented shortage of containers is because of a surge in shipping demand as the world economy recovers.