CLDN, a Luxembourg-based shipping group, has implemented double surcharges for hauliers exceeding their usual load allocations, sparking controversy and complaints. The company cites operational challenges at Holyhead ferry port due to Storm Darragh as justification for the price hike. The Irish Road Haulage Association has urged government intervention, while CLDN maintains the surcharges are temporary.
Luxembourg-based shipping group CLDN has told hauliers it is adding surcharges of twice the normal booking rate for any loads above a company’s “usual allocations”, prompting complaints from hauliers. The company says the charge for extra loads is a “mechanism to try and prioritise urgent loads due to issues at Holyh ead”. An email to one Irish haulier, who does not want to be named, shows that CLDN began adding the charges on January 1st.
The Irish company asked on Tuesday, January 7th for one extra space on either of the company’s two sailings from Dublin to Liverpool on Wednesday, January 8th. CLDN staff responded that: “Any extra space on the sailing is going on double price since 01.01.25.″ Hauliers have been contacting industry representatives on both sides of the border since the weekend to complain that CLDN is imposing extra charges. The news prompted the Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA) to write to Minister of State at the Department of Transport James Lawless this week asking him to intervene. The Minister’s office is understood to have contacted the company this week. Damage inflicted by Storm Darragh last month closed Holyhead, a key Irish Sea port, adding to pressure on other routes between Ireland and Britain. A note from CLDN staff to hauliers acknowledges that customers “would be frustrated” by the extra charge, but says that the company expects this to last only a short time. IRHA president Ger Hyland maintains that companies are being asked to pay higher rates, regardless of space on ships. CLDN has told hauliers that it will calculate hauliers’ usual allocations to reflect averages from the last six month
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