Tropical Shipping Announces Inland Fuel Surcharge Increase for the Bahamas, Eastern Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Guyana, the Virgin Islands (BVI and USVI) and the Turks & Caicos Islands
July 8, 2010 -- Tropical Shipping has experienced increases in the cost of the inland transportation of cargo over the last few months. To recover these inland fuel expenses, Tropical Shipping will implement an increase to the inland fuel surcharge for the following locations:
Bahamas, Eastern Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Guyana, the Virgin Islands (USVI and BVI) and the Turks and Caicos Islands, effective August 8, 2010.
| Zone |
Affected Areas |
Current Surcharge |
Increase |
New Surcharge (Effective 8/8/10) |
| Zone 1 |
No increase for Zone 1 locations except for Jacksonville, FL, (Duval County) Local Drayage |
$90 |
$20 |
$110 |
| Zone 2 |
FL - All other Florida points not listed in Zone 1 |
$175 |
$0 |
$175 |
| Zone 3 |
AL, GA, SC |
$280 |
$0 |
$280 |
| Zone 4 |
MS, NC, LA, TN |
$340 |
$100 |
$440 |
| Zone 5 |
AR, KY, VA, MD, DE, Washington D.C. |
$425 |
$100 |
$525 |
| Zone 6 |
OK, KS, NE IA, WI, MI, CT, RI, NY, MA, VT, NH and ME |
$510 |
$190 |
$700 |
| Zone 7 |
TX, MO, IL, IN, OH, NJ and PA |
$425 |
$200 |
$625 |
| Zone 8 |
WA and OR |
$800 |
$100 |
$900 |
| Zone 9 |
All others and Canada only if routed by land to the U.S. (intra-Canada moves do not apply) |
$800 |
$0 |
$800 |
Local drayage from the following Zone 1 areas remain unchanged: Broward, Dade, Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, Palm Beach, St. Lucie counties, Tampa City Limits (For cargo exporting out of Port of Tampa only), Houston City Limits (For cargo exporting out of Port of Houston only, New Orleans City Limits (For cargo exporting out of Port of New Orleans only, Mobile City Limits (For cargo exporting out of Port of Mobile only)
A visual representation of these zones and corresponding surcharges follows:
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