Unlike base ocean freight, which is fixed per container or TEU at booking, the congestion surcharge is a variable fee that carriers invoice separately whenever a terminal or port is operating above normal capacity.
Source: https://www.freightos.com/freight-resources/freight-terms/congestion-surcharge/
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