Due to the ship, cargo, ports and other aspects of a variety of reasons, making the ship the goods transported in the increase cost or suffer economic losses, the ship to compensate for these expenses or losses, in addition to the basic rate, provided additional fees, called surcharge ( Surcharge or Additional ).

Surcharge variety, and along with some of the changing situation, will cancel or developing new surcharge. The following are some of the common surcharge category:

In 1, the fuel surcharge ( Bunker Surcharge or Bunker Adjustment Factor, abbreviated as BAF )

In 2, the currency devaluation surcharge ( Devaluation Surcharge or Currency Adjustment Factor, abbreviated as CAF )

3, deviation surcharge ( Deviation Surcharge )

In 4, the Suez Canal Surcharge ( Suez Canal Surcharge )

5, transhipment surcharge ( Transhipment Surcharge )

6, additional charges ( Direct Additional )

In 7, port surcharge ( Port Surcharge )

In 8, port congestion surcharge ( Port Congestion Surcharge )

9, Overweight Surcharge ( Heavy-Lift Additional )

10, additional surcharge ( Long Length Additional )

11, cleaning charge ( Cleaning Charge )

12, fumigation fee ( Fumigation Charge )

In 13, ice surcharge ( Ice Surcharge )

14, the choice of the unloading port surcharge ( Optional Fees or Optional Additional )

15, alteration of discharging port surcharge ( Alteration Charge )