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What does emergency bunker surcharge mean in freight forwarding?

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E / Emergency bunker surcharge

An extra fee charged by ocean freight carriers to their customers in the event of an extraordinarily fast or large increase in fuel prices. The emergency bunker surcharge is levied as an additional charge over and above any bunker adjustment factor that might be in effect.

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