Surcharges for transportation on DFDS SeawaysRotterdam - Immingham ferries
DFDS Seaways closely follows the development of bunker prices and the USD rate of exchange. In order to compensate for fluctuations in the cost of these, DFDS Seaways charges a surcharge or Bunker Adjustment Factor (BAF).
The additional cost for low sulphur fuel oil (as required by SECA and the Marpol Convention) is also included in the Bunker Adjustment Factor (BAF).
Bunker Adjustment Factor (BAF %)
- June 2012 = 26.5%
- May 2012 = 27.5%
- April 2012 = 27.0%
- March 2012 = 25.0%
- February 2012 = 24.5%
- January 2012 = 22.5%
- December 2011 = 22.0%
- November 2011 = 21.5%
Currency Adjustment Factor (CAF %)
- June 2012 = 0.0%
- May 2012 = 0.0%
- April 2012 = 0.8%
- March 2012 = 0.8%
- February 2012 = 0.8%
- January 2012 = 1.7%
- December 2011 = 4.2%
- November 2011 = 4.2%
Surcharges for electrical connections onboard the vessel are included in Seafreight.
Hazardous surcharges (excluding class 1) are 20€/unit.
Abnormal loads
Due to the nature of these movements, all out of gauge requests via the North Sea routes will be accessed on a case by case basis. Please contact Imm-Vlaops@dfds.com for all out of gauge requests from Immingham to Rotterdam.
Due to restrictions at the entrance to our Rotterdam terminal the following vehicles must be considered as abnormal loads:
- Height exceeding 4.2m
- Width exceeding 3.1m
An additional entrance is available for vehicles up to 4m in width, but any vehicle longer than 18m that tries to use this entrance will have problems turning in to it.
Maximum weight for Vlaardingen-Immingham is 22.5 tons/axle, 4 wheels/axle and a total maximum weight of 60 tons
All out of gauge movements at Immingham must be notified and a time slot allocated to proceed through the out of gauge gate, this must be done via your Customer Services representative