Tractors APTA calls on feds to stop Marine Atlantic rate increases

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DIEPPE, N.B. -- The Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association is calling on the Canadian government to halt announced rate increases by Marine Atlantic. The ferry operator warned APTA that effective Feb. 12, commercial vehicle rates will go up 4%, drop trailer management fees will increase by $50 (a 24% increase) and a security surcharge of $3.50 will be added to every load.

"They are throwing us an irrational and unjustified rate increase, but really they should look internally to find some efficiencies and stop passing the buck to the trucking industry," said APTA executive director Jean¿Marc Picard in a release. "The commercial carriers are Marine Atlantic's largest customers and without us they would not be able to sustain having a ferry service to serve the population in Newfoundland. Now they are making us pay for their mistakes and inadequacies and the federal government is supporting them. What a fiasco!"

Read more at http://www.ctl.ca/news/apta-calls-on-feds-to-stop-marine-atlantic-rate-increases/1000832229/
 
 
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