Maersk’s October DACH fuel-fee notice highlights inland costs for energy equipment
A 6 October carrier notice announces differentiated inland fuel fees for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, with an important FMC timing exception.
- Publish date: 2026-10-09
- Category: HVDC & Substations
- Original source: Maersk
- Reading time: 1 min
Released benchmark data
Maersk’s 6 October 2026 notice sets 12–26 October fees on IHI/IHE: truck and barge/BCO 16%; RCO 8%. FMC applicability begins 10 November. These are announced contract fees, not an October freight-index observation.
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How costs reach the project
Editorial analysis: a percentage applied to an eligible inland charge is not a percentage of the cargo value or total ocean freight. For containerised energy equipment, the inland leg can add exposure after the vessel arrives. Heavy or out-of-gauge loads require their own service quotation; this notice does not price every transformer shipment.
Procurement implications
An October delivery budget should identify the eligible base charge, mode, booking terms and price calculation date. Apply the announced fee only where the shipment falls within scope, then add insurance, handling and any storage separately. Check the FMC exception before budgeting an October charge; future effective dates are announcements, not charges already paid.
Read the connected analysis: Freight, fuel and landed costs of energy equipment.