Resolving Marine Disputes
Marine disputes can involve user fees at ports, charges for pilotage services, or coasting trade applications for foreign or non-duty paid ships to work in Canadian waters.
The Agency examines marine complaints on the following topics:
- disputes related to coasting trade applications;
- tariffs proposed by pilotage authorities;
- fees fixed by port authorities;
- final offer arbitration of northern resupply carrier disputes; and
- unreasonable price increases or reductions of service by a shipping conference.
In 2009-10, the Agency worked on 25 marine disputes:
- 20 coasting trade disputes were resolved;
- 1 pilotage fee dispute was mediated; and
- 4 are currently in progress.
Of these 4,
- 1 concerns port authority user fees; and
- 3 are coasting trade disputes.
For more information on resolving marine disputes,
go to www.cta.gc.ca/eng/marine-disputes
