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TRUCKERS
that operate at the Manila North Harbor have deferred a
recovery surcharge and an automatic fuel rate adjustment
to August 1.
As a
result, the surcharge and fuel rate adjustment would
raise tucking rates once in place.
The
Integrated North Harbor Truckers Association (INHTA), an
umbrella organization of three groups of operators, said
they will first follow the adjustment rate allowed by
the Philippine Liner Shipping Association (PLSA) that
took effect earlier this month.
“We are
accepting the rates approved by PLSA but only for this
month as a win-win solution, as we could not further
subsidize fuel cost which stands to appreciate by
another P4 this month,” an INHTA official said.
The
Allied Transport Group and WG&A Trucking Inc. are part
of the umbrella association.
“By
August 1, as announced as early as last month, we will
be implementing an additional P405 for every standard
20-foot container on top of the existing rate,” the
group added.
The
surcharges, according to the truckers, are measures
against the recent increases made by oil firms and
shipping lines to recover costs related to fuel and
labor.
They
have decided to go for the surcharges rather than
adjusting rates that would need to be approved by the
liners’ group.
Trucking
rates at the start of the month increased by P395 to
P6,000 per 20-foot container within 40 kilometers from
the port of Manila.
On
August 1, the truckers would be adding P284 as recovery
surcharge for 10-footer containers; P405 for 20-footers
and P688.50 for 40-footers in 40-km radius roundtrip
service.
For
provincial routes, an additional P10 surcharge shall be
multiplied by distance.
In the
case of the automatic fuel rate adjustment, there would
be an additional P196 each 10-footer container, P153.35
for a 20-footer and P260.70 for a 40-footer.
In
total, shippers would have to shell out an additional
P480 for 10-footer containers, plus expanded value added
tax (E-VAT); P685 for 20-footers, plus E-VAT; and P1,164
plus E-VAT for 40-footers within the 40-km radius.
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