CMA CGM has applied an “Emergency Space Surcharge” of $200 per 20-foot container on shipments from selected south-east India ports to Europe, North Africa and Central / South America. That’s part of a widening set of surcharges and soaring shipping rates resulting from increased demand for services meeting fixed capacity. The surcharge comes as the Indian government is deliberating the new Merchant Shipping Act that could regulate shipping charges. Exports from India covered by the ports affected by the surcharge represent 26.2% of shipments to the destinations cover...