{"id":11554,"date":"2026-05-04T21:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/11554\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T21:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:26:11","slug":"maersk-updates-fuel-surcharges-in-portugal-spain-and-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/11554\/","title":{"rendered":"Maersk updates fuel surcharges in Portugal, Spain and France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"449\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Maersk-containers-in-new-style-696x449.jpeg\"   alt=\"Maersk containers in new style\" title=\"Maersk containers in new style\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"122\" data-end=\"314\">A.P. Moller \u2013 Maersk has introduced updated fuel surcharges across Portugal, Spain and France, citing rising fuel costs linked to the ongoing situation in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Weekly adjustment mechanism<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"348\" data-end=\"443\">The carrier has shifted to a weekly review system, replacing the previous monthly approach.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"445\" data-end=\"465\">Key changes include:<\/p>\n<p>Weekly updates every Thursday<br \/>\nNo trigger mechanism during this period<br \/>\nTemporary measure based on cost volatility<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"592\" data-end=\"618\">Surcharges will appear as:<\/p>\n<p>EFS (Export Fuel Surcharge)<br \/>\nIFS (Import Fuel Surcharge)<\/p>\n<p>Portugal surcharge levels (May 4\u201310)<\/p>\n<p>Truck: 10.3%<br \/>\nRail: 10.3%<br \/>\nRail combined: 10.3%<\/p>\n<p>Spain surcharge levels (May 4\u201310)<\/p>\n<p>Truck: 16.6%<br \/>\nRail combined: 4.2%<\/p>\n<p>France surcharge levels (May 4\u201310)<\/p>\n<p>Truck: 12.1%<br \/>\nRail combined: 5.5%<br \/>\nBarge and barge combined: 17%<\/p>\n<p>Ongoing volatility<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1042\" data-end=\"1196\">Maersk said the surcharges will remain in place as long as fuel costs stay elevated, with further adjustments possible depending on market conditions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1198\" data-end=\"1334\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The move reflects broader pressure on logistics costs as energy markets react to geopolitical developments affecting global fuel supply.<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                        Previous article<a href=\"https:\/\/container-news.com\/salamis-revises-greece-cyprus-israel-service\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Salamis revises Greece\u2013Cyprus\u2013Israel service<\/a>            <a href=\"https:\/\/container-news.com\/author\/a-saratsopoulou\/\" aria-label=\"author-photo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Antonia Saratsopoulou\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0f470715349ead4655ff0b5d8e87ac57.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-96 photo\" height=\"96\" width=\"96\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a>                    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; A.P. Moller \u2013 Maersk has introduced updated fuel surcharges across Portugal, Spain and France,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5],"class_list":{"0":"post-11554","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-france"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}