Crowley's Puerto Rico fuel charge rises US$135 a 20′ box from 15 Nov

Market Context & Direct Impact

Crowley's Puerto Rico fuel charge rises US$135 per 20′ container, and the 40′ rises by the same amount. The notice lifts a 20′ box from US$950 to US$1,085 and a 40′ box from US$1,025 to US$1,160. Crowley first dated the change 8 November 2026, then corrected it to 15 November. Jacksonville–Puerto Rico rates stay flat, so the increase covers only the Puerto Rico trade. Crowley links the review to the volatility of fuel prices.

A fuel surcharge tells a shipper what it pays, not what it emits. Freight carbon is calculated from cargo weight, distance and an emission factor per tonne-kilometre, and the actual mass moved drives the result rather than the chargeable weight used for pricing. GLEC Framework version 3.3, dated October 2026, is aligned with ISO 14083, the GHG Protocol and CDP reporting. The GHG Protocol's March 2026 Scope 3 progress update still proposes a 95% minimum inclusion and a 5% cap on exclusions, so those rules are not yet in force. The Crowley notice gives no emissions figure at all.

Core Executive Takeaways

• Cost is not carbonThe US$135 change moves the freight bill for Puerto Rico shipments, but it does not restate the emissions result, so log the two as separate fields in your TMS and carbon system.
• Keep activity dataThe proposed 95% inclusion floor leaves little room to drop lanes, so keep weight and distance for every Puerto Rico move, even where a carrier sends only a surcharge.
• Check effective datesCrowley's first date of 8 November moved to 15 November, so confirm each effective date against the latest carrier notice before you lock a rate for a booking.

Strategic Playbook

1. 1
   Split the ledger

   Book the Crowley surcharge against procurement cost centres and carry the emissions calculation in a separate Scope 3 workflow, using actual weight and lane distance for each shipment.

2. 2
   Ask for lane inputs

   Request fuel and distance data for your Puerto Rico lanes from Crowley now. Test one lane with a GLEC-based calculation before you extend the method to the rest of the network.

Filed 21:26 GMT, 12 November 2026, for the third edition of 12 Nov.
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Sources

1. VOCC Trade Announcement: Puerto Rico Vessel Fuel ReviewCrowley, published 23 October 2026
2. Latest Crowley News and Press ReleasesCrowley, published 23 October 2026
3. Freightos Freight Emissions CalculatorFreightos, published 5 November 2026
4. GLEC Framework for Logistics Emissions Accounting and Reporting version 3.3, October 2026Smart Freight Centre, published 27 October 2026
5. Scope 3 Standard Revisions: Phase 1 Progress Update, March 2026GHG Protocol, published 31 March 2026

Claims ledger: 11 facts and where each comes from

• Crowley's Puerto Rico vessel fuel table lists a 20′ container at US$950 current and US$1,085 new, a change of US$135.¹
• The same table lists a 40′ container at US$1,025 current and US$1,160 new, a change of US$135.¹
• In that notice, the Jacksonville, FL to Puerto Rico lane is shown with no change.¹
• Crowley ties the adjustment to the volatility of fuel prices in the Puerto Rico trade.¹
• The adjustments were first set to take effect on 8 November 2026.¹
• Crowley corrected the implementation date to 15 November 2026 from the date it had announced earlier.²
• Emissions are calculated by multiplying cargo weight in tonnes, distance in kilometres, and an emission factor in grams of CO2e per tonne-km.³
• Emissions follow the mass that is actually moved, not the chargeable weight used for pricing.³
• GLEC Framework for Logistics Emissions Accounting and Reporting version 3.3, October 2026, is aligned with ISO 14083, the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and CDP reporting.⁴
• The GHG Protocol's Scope 3 Standard revisions, in a March 2026 progress update, propose that companies report at least 95% of total required Scope 3 emissions.⁵
• Under the proposal, exclusions would be capped at 5% of total required Scope 3 emissions.⁵

Every figure above is tied to a cited source that was checked on the day of filing. Found an error? Tell the desk.