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THE MAFIA * Canada: Many Indo-Canadian truckers up in arms about new changes say port acting like
* British Columbia - Vancouver Port trying to kill smaller trucking companies by imposing $35,000-$45,000 yearly fee -
Vancouver,BC,CAN –The Link Paper, by R. Paul Dhillon -December 13th, 2014: -- Vancouver Port is trying to weed out the smaller trucking companies, many owned by Indo-Canadians, with massive yearly fees that the drivers say favour the bigger companies over the smaller ones by creating an unfair playing field. In an email to trucking companies this week, the Port Metro Vancouver said it will introduce a two-tiered Annual Agreement charge of between $35,000 and $45,000, including additional charges per extra trucks as well as a proposed bond of $250,000 per trucking company (15 or 20 trucks) plus $125,000 for each increment of 10 trucks... A number of Indo-Canadian truckers told the LINK that the new charges will be a death knell for their business as they will not be able to compete with the bigger companies by paying such hefty fees and on top putting up unnecessary bonds when they already have insurance for their vehicles... Some of the key agreed upon resolutions in the 14-point Joint Action Plan includes:
• Round trip moves paid in full for both On Dock and Off Dock moves;
• Establishment of an hourly rate for company drivers;
• A benchmark minimum rate set across the sector;
• Paid wait-time after 90 minutes at the ports; and
• A 12% increase in trip rates over 2006 established rates along with a 16% fuel surcharge.
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