INDUSTRIAL MARITIME CARRIERS INTRODUCES BUNKER CHARGES

INDUSTRIAL MARITIME CARRIERS INTRODUCES BUNKER CHARGES

   Industrial Maritime Carriers (USA) and Industrial
Maritime Carriers (Bahamas), the project and breakbulk cargo carriers, said that they will
introduce a bunker surcharge on all their services, effective Nov. 1.
    Between North and South America and the Caribbean, the surcharge will
be $2.75 per freight ton for breakbulk cargo, $30 per 20-foot container and $60 per
40-foot container.
    In the transpacific trade, the charge will amount to $3.50 per freight
ton for breakbulk cargo, $35 per 20-foot box and $70 per 40-footer.
Intermarine, the managing agent for Industrial Maritime Carriers, said that the cost of
fuel has more than doubled in the past six months.