• Storage and Handling Rate Changes for Grafton Warehouse Services (UK) Limited

      • From
      • Registrar's Office
      • #
      • MKR09-28-23B
      • Notice Date
      • 28 September 2023
      • Effective Date
      • 01 January 2024

    • DATE:            September 28, 2023

      MKR#:           09-28-23B

      SUBJECT:   Storage and Handling Rate Changes for Grafton Warehouse Services (UK) Limited

       

      Grafton Warehouse Services (UK) Limited, a COMEX Warehouse for the storage and delivery of aluminum deliverable against their respective Exchange futures contracts, will implement new rates in connection with the storage and withdrawal of aluminum at its facility located in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The new rates, presented below, reflect the maximum amount of fees that can be charged.

      In accordance with Exchange rules, the new rate schedules will become effective on January 1, 2024.

       

      New Storage Rates

      RATES AND CHARGES FOR ALUMINUM AT ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS

      Monthly storage charge per metric ton

      N/A

      Minimum storage charge per month for less than one lot (partial lots)

      $115.00

      Storage - outdoor per metric ton per month or part thereof

      $16.00

      Inbound handling per metric ton (truck & rail)

      $6.62

       

      Outbound handling to truck per metric ton

      $45.00

      Blocking and bracing per metric ton (truck)

      N/A

      Outbound handling to rail car per metric ton

      $45.00

      Blocking and bracing per metric ton (rail car)

      N/A

      Outbound handling to container per metric ton

      $45.00

      Blocking and bracing per metric ton (container)

      N/A

      Outbound handling to flatbed per metric ton

      $45.00

      Blocking and bracing per metric ton (flatbed)

      N/A

      Weighing charges per metric ton

      $8.00

      Facility receipt (issue & replacement)

      $50.00

      Bill of lading

      $30.00

      Additional labor per man hour

      $60.00

      Restocking fee per metric ton for cancelled/changed orders

      $5.00

      Cancellation charge per shipment cancelled

      $75.00

       

      Market Surveillance

      Kyle Miller                                 Kyle.Miller@cmegroup.com                               (312) 341-3436

       

      The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will be notified of the rate changes during the week of January 8, 2024 via the weekly notification procedures set out in Part 40 of the CFTC Regulations.

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