The company said the move was being made in a “continued effort to provide quality services.”

From 1 April, it will add $750 per teu from Asia to the east and west Mediterranean, the Adriatic, the Black Sea and North Africa, while Syrian cargoes will cost EUR 600 ($667) per teu more.

From 15 March, it is hiking rates by $650 per teu to northern European ports.

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