Intermarine, the agent for Industrial Maritime Carriers and West Coast Industrial Express announced that the carriers will revise the bunker and Panama Canal surcharges on all their services to/from South America and the Caribbean effective April 23, 2008.

The new surcharge levels will be as follows:

Bunker Surcharges:
North, East, and West Coasts of South America including the Caribbean ' Breakbulk

$41.00 w/m as freighted (minimum $41.00); 20ft containers $440.00 per unit; 40ft containers $690.00 per unit.

Panama Canal Surcharges:
Breakbulk $10.00 w/m as freighted (minimum $10.00); containers $135.00 per unit for 20ft containers and $270.00 per unit for 40ft containers. Applicable to all cargoes transiting the Panama Canal.

All subject surcharges apply to all inbound and outbound cargoes and will be effective for all cargoes loaded to carrier's vessels on or after April 23, 2008.